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German Quotes

I think if German literature could survive the 40s and Russian literature could survive Sovietism, American literature can survive Google Picture Quote #1

When you translate the American writers who are best with dialogue into German - someone like Elmore Leonard, or Tom Wolfe, who’s also quite good with dialogue. It’s very hard to translate them well Picture Quote #1

My parents’ names were Florian and Mabel Smith. My mother’s maiden name was Dersam. They were of German heritage and were part of a family community with my grandparents and uncles and relatives. I was an only child Picture Quote #1

Half of us are partly German! Half our language and culture, generally, in Anglo-Saxon terms, is German Picture Quote #1

It’s maybe hard to believe, but as a kid I really had a lot of self-doubts. My father was very ill - he was an alcoholic - so there were a lot of things that built up for me. And because I was going to a Catholic school in a small German town, a lot of it was suppressed. I was angry and didn’t know how to get it out Picture Quote #1

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The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany Picture Quote #1

The second German secret weapon is anti-Semitism, because if it is consistently pursued by Germany, it will become a universal problem which all nations will be forced to consider Picture Quote #1

Few developments central to the history of art have been so misrepresented or misunderstood as the brief, brave, glorious, doomed life of the Bauhaus - the epochally influential German art, architecture, crafts, and design school that was founded in Goethe’s sleepy hometown of Weimar in 1919 Picture Quote #1

President Bush appeared with Arnold Schwarzenegger at a huge campaign event. Only in California can a governor who speaks German and a president who can barely speak English try to make themselves clear to an audience that’s primarily Spanish Picture Quote #1

Since German reunification in 1990, historians and researchers have been free to work in the East, where the lost Nazi art collection disappeared Picture Quote #1

If I were king of the world, babies born in airplanes, balloons and blimps would, instead of choosing to be German, Maldivian or American, all get special heavenly blue passports with a stork on the cover labeled ‘Sky Baby’ - and they’d be allowed to come and go anywhere they please Picture Quote #1

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You’d got a baseball game, or a football game, basketball game, USA! USA! USA! Hey, calm down! Got a little German on it, don’t you think? Picture Quote #1

But as a German - and I am German-born - we Germans are condemned once again to be radical revisionists Picture Quote #1

But there’s also a strong emotional core to counterbalance the experimentalism, with some incredibly moving passages around the narrator’s relationship with her (also female) German teacher. It’s beautiful Picture Quote #1

The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip Sousa, between Sophocles and Shakespeare, between a bicycle and a horse, though explicable by historical moment, necessity, and destiny, is before all a difference of imagination Picture Quote #1

Like a lot of kids, I had a Superman cake or different theme cakes, but then I hit the age where I think my mom thought I was ready for the German chocolate cake that she makes for my dad. Just the sight of that, the taste of that frosting, just reminds me of being at home with my mom and my dad and my sister and my friends Picture Quote #1

I am half Puerto Rican, a quarter German and a quarter black. That was always a big issue for me - being mixed race - because casting directors tended to be very like, ‘OK, are you Hispanic for this role?’ ‘Or is she going to be African American?’ Picture Quote #1

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Born in England during the First World War, of Belgian parents with partly German roots, I grew up in the cosmopolitan city of Antwerp, where I had the benefit of a classical education taught in the two national languages of Belgium: French and Dutch Picture Quote #1

I would sum up the German character best by saying that they are the best of losers and the worst of winners Picture Quote #1

I’m a real big electronic music nut; when I was young I listened to musique concrÃƒÂ¨te, German music from Cologne in the early 50s, all kinds of stuff Picture Quote #1

My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I’m very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house Picture Quote #1

Well, my first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I’m very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house Picture Quote #1

I have Jewish friends. I have Middle Eastern friends. I have Spanish and Italian and British and Scottish and German friends and Austrian friends, and guess what? They all deal with homophobia. It’s an earthling epidemic; it’s not isolated in the black community Picture Quote #1

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Thirty percent of Americans have German blood in their family. I don’t see any major difference in the engineering abilities of Americans and Germans Picture Quote #1

I read everything. I’ll read a John Grisham novel, I’ll sit and read a whole book of poems by Maya Angelou, or I’ll just read some Mary Oliver - this is a book that was given to me for Christmas. No particular genre. And I read in French, and I read in German, and I read in English. I love to see how other people use language Picture Quote #1

Russia is a very reliable and big market. I don’t remember the figure but, for example, the German machine-building industry has been increasing its supplies to Russia every year. These supplies are huge. Does someone want to discontinue these supplies? We’ll buy from somebody else Picture Quote #1

I had old bunk beds that my dad got from Seabrook Farms. They were first used by German prisoners during World War II, who were sent to work the farms during the war. The metal beds with their thin mattresses could easily be used as a jungle gym and I loved them Picture Quote #1

A great number of people in the East German parts had been Nazis, so the change of mind was not altogether there Picture Quote #1

I love the German and the Swiss people for their many fine traits of character. I love their language that is so exacting and yet so expressive Picture Quote #1

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I think if German literature could survive the 40s and Russian literature could survive Sovietism, American literature can survive Google. (German Quotes) When you translate the American writers who are best with dialogue into German - someone like Elmore Leonard, or Tom Wolfe, who’s also quite good with dialogue. It’s very hard to translate them well. (German Quotes) My parents’ names were Florian and Mabel Smith. My mother’s maiden name was Dersam. They were of German heritage and were part of a family community with my grandparents and uncles and relatives. I was an only child. (German Quotes) Half of us are partly German! Half our language and culture, generally, in Anglo-Saxon terms, is German. (German Quotes) It’s maybe hard to believe, but as a kid I really had a lot of self-doubts. My father was very ill - he was an alcoholic - so there were a lot of things that built up for me. And because I was going to a Catholic school in a small German town, a lot of it was suppressed. I was angry and didn’t know how to get it out. (German Quotes) I never do the cute thing with animals; they are interesting shapes. I just use their profile. Because German shepherds are so easily recognizable, they would fall outside my purview. (German Quotes) The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany. (German Quotes) The second German secret weapon is anti-Semitism, because if it is consistently pursued by Germany, it will become a universal problem which all nations will be forced to consider. (German Quotes) Few developments central to the history of art have been so misrepresented or misunderstood as the brief, brave, glorious, doomed life of the Bauhaus - the epochally influential German art, architecture, crafts, and design school that was founded in Goethe’s sleepy hometown of Weimar in 1919. (German Quotes) President Bush appeared with Arnold Schwarzenegger at a huge campaign event. Only in California can a governor who speaks German and a president who can barely speak English try to make themselves clear to an audience that’s primarily Spanish. (German Quotes) Since German reunification in 1990, historians and researchers have been free to work in the East, where the lost Nazi art collection disappeared. (German Quotes) If I were king of the world, babies born in airplanes, balloons and blimps would, instead of choosing to be German, Maldivian or American, all get special heavenly blue passports with a stork on the cover labeled ‘Sky Baby’ - and they’d be allowed to come and go anywhere they please. (German Quotes) You’d got a baseball game, or a football game, basketball game, USA! USA! USA! Hey, calm down! Got a little German on it, don’t you think? (German Quotes) But as a German - and I am German-born - we Germans are condemned once again to be radical revisionists. (German Quotes) But there’s also a strong emotional core to counterbalance the experimentalism, with some incredibly moving passages around the narrator’s relationship with her (also female) German teacher. It’s beautiful. (German Quotes) The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip Sousa, between Sophocles and Shakespeare, between a bicycle and a horse, though explicable by historical moment, necessity, and destiny, is before all a difference of imagination. (German Quotes) Like a lot of kids, I had a Superman cake or different theme cakes, but then I hit the age where I think my mom thought I was ready for the German chocolate cake that she makes for my dad. Just the sight of that, the taste of that frosting, just reminds me of being at home with my mom and my dad and my sister and my friends. (German Quotes) I am half Puerto Rican, a quarter German and a quarter black. That was always a big issue for me - being mixed race - because casting directors tended to be very like, ‘OK, are you Hispanic for this role?’ ‘Or is she going to be African American?’ (German Quotes) Born in England during the First World War, of Belgian parents with partly German roots, I grew up in the cosmopolitan city of Antwerp, where I had the benefit of a classical education taught in the two national languages of Belgium: French and Dutch. (German Quotes) I would sum up the German character best by saying that they are the best of losers and the worst of winners. (German Quotes) I’m a real big electronic music nut; when I was young I listened to musique concrÃƒÂ¨te, German music from Cologne in the early 50s, all kinds of stuff. (German Quotes) My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I’m very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house. (German Quotes) Well, my first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I’m very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house. (German Quotes) I have Jewish friends. I have Middle Eastern friends. I have Spanish and Italian and British and Scottish and German friends and Austrian friends, and guess what? They all deal with homophobia. It’s an earthling epidemic; it’s not isolated in the black community. (German Quotes) Thirty percent of Americans have German blood in their family. I don’t see any major difference in the engineering abilities of Americans and Germans. (German Quotes) I read everything. I’ll read a John Grisham novel, I’ll sit and read a whole book of poems by Maya Angelou, or I’ll just read some Mary Oliver - this is a book that was given to me for Christmas. No particular genre. And I read in French, and I read in German, and I read in English. I love to see how other people use language. (German Quotes) Russia is a very reliable and big market. I don’t remember the figure but, for example, the German machine-building industry has been increasing its supplies to Russia every year. These supplies are huge. Does someone want to discontinue these supplies? We’ll buy from somebody else. (German Quotes) I had old bunk beds that my dad got from Seabrook Farms. They were first used by German prisoners during World War II, who were sent to work the farms during the war. The metal beds with their thin mattresses could easily be used as a jungle gym and I loved them. (German Quotes) A great number of people in the East German parts had been Nazis, so the change of mind was not altogether there. (German Quotes) I love the German and the Swiss people for their many fine traits of character. I love their language that is so exacting and yet so expressive. (German Quotes)

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