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Only the poets can hold the country together, and I wanted to hold Germany together.

Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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Of course, as a German, I wouldn't like to tell the American people how to handle their criminal justice.
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I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews.
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I'm not a citizen of America, I cannot vote. But it is fascinating because there's a new kind of protagonist out there that we didn't expect. By the way, I'm not in any panic at all.
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