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This climate surrounding me has reached Clive Oppenheimer. In practical terms he sees that I'm not interested in any sort of daredevil stunts, I'm just interested in the work. And he's convinced that I'm clinically sane.

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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I think a state should not be in the capacity of killing anyone with the exception of warfare.
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