Helmut Schmidt Quotes

Democracy is not the end point of mankind. There may be developments in many different directions in the coming centuries. Democracy has only existed for about 200 years. It started out with the American Declaration of Independence. The Americans got their ideas from the Europeans, in the main from the French, the Dutch and the British.

Helmut Schmidt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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If I had the power, I would ban leggings.

Jil Sander

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You either keep the forest standing, which takes jobs away from indigenous people who need to feed themselves, or you cut down the trees, which affects the climate. In the long term, you have to protect the forest.

Johan Eliasch

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I think he should let me run Ohio. He should let us, the legislature, the members there, we should be running Ohio. The states are the laboratories out here, and I think the president needs to mind to the problems that he has in Washington.

John Kasich

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The fantasy world, the 'Game of Thrones' world, the forgotten realms worlds - they're the type of worlds I've always wanted to live in. Where vampires, dragons, dwarves and elves are real.

Robert Kazinsky

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When I'd watch myself coaching, I'd say, 'Man, I look bad,' but I never felt I didn't have a sense of humor with the team. Maybe I was too over-the-top serious.

Jeff Van Gundy

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I never really had an itch for gambling. I work hard for my money, so I don't like going out and giving it away like that.

Amanda Righetti

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I work with a lot of young people who have poems that are changing their lives, that they're eager to talk about, but every now and then when I meet someone, maybe someone of my parents' generation, and I tell them that I write poetry, they'll begin to recite something that they memorized when they were in school that has never left them.

Tracy K. Smith

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I get a lot of return business. I think it's all those years I put in traveling around the country; people saw me before and had a good time so they want to see me again.

Rita Rudner

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All I ever wanted to do was wear Jordans. I think there was only one or two pair I never had.

Allen Iverson

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Ellie Kemper I just adore. She is such a warm, generous actor, and we have this wonderful rapport off camera, and that's very important.

Tituss Burgess

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'Twin Peaks' is a continuing story; that comes from David Lynch and myself.

Mark Frost

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My health and schoolwork come first. I work hard to get lots of sleep, but I probably work just as hard to spend time with friends.

Marley Dias

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