Helmut Schmidt Quotes

I had a Jewish grandfather. We managed to hide this fact from the authorities by falsifying documents, my father and I. His father was Jewish, but because my father was an illegitimate child, it was rather easy to pretend that his father was unknown.

Helmut Schmidt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: December 23, 1918 - November 10, 2015

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Interestingly, I never thought I'd do an adaptation. I've also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to another is wrong. I never really felt that books fitted into film. Generally people are disappointed, aren't they?

Andrea Arnold

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Today, I am a touring standup comic who cannot stand up. Within three minutes, I begin to wilt, lose my balance, and topple over. I can tap dance and run in heels, but I need to use a wheelchair to navigate airports.

Maysoon Zayid

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I always have to have mascara; otherwise, I feel like I don't look awake enough. It's like, 'I have eyes now!'

Megan Nicole

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Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work.

Jeff Bingaman

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From day one our next generation system will run all our exsisting software - so that gives us a head start.

Trip Hawkins

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I grew up listening to popular music. My father was a Peruvian folk singer. He played the guitar at home. He sang songs with a waltzing rhythm, yet you can still hear the Spanish influences. I accompanied him to his performances.

Juan Diego Florez

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I am used to moving homes in football, and it seems to be a recurring theme in my career.

Dimitri Payet

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I've already begun to put pilot programs in place that give CUNY grads opportunities to get good tech jobs. We should expand on that so that New Yorkers are getting those jobs, because those jobs are probably one of the biggest 21st Century pathways into the middle class.

Christine Quinn

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Yes, I was inspired by Jack London and still love reading his books. Ernie Banks is another hero because I lived in Chicago for two years as a kid, and I loved that he was the Cubs' loyal underdog and one of the first African-Americans to make that breakthrough.

Conrad Anker

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Victory and defeat are a part of life, which are to be viewed with equanimity.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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Nobody has ever convinced me that race is real.

Alice Walker

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My sense of divine brings with it a strange sound of music with its glories, a marvellous melody sounding like a multitude of flutes.

Paul Twitchell

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