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Januar 2002
A sampling of the daily quotations that have appeared on our daily Zitat des Tages Web page.
Note: These quotations have been collected from a variety of sources, including works in print, online and reader contributions. The resulting collection, i.e., the German and the English versions in these archives, may not be reproduced or used elsewhere without the express permission of Hyde Flippo and About.com. Single, individual quotations may be used for non-commercial or classroom purposes with this notice: “From the German Language site at About.com - http://german.about.com.”
Ich weiß sehr wohl, wie widersprüchlich man sein muss, um wirklich konsequent zu sein.
I know very well how contradictory one must be in order to be truly consistent.
- Pier Paolo Pasolino (1922-1975)
Heiligkeit und Genie entziehen sich der Definition.
Holiness and genius defy any definition.
- Heinrich Böll, German author (1917-1985)
Als die letzte Klappe gefallen ist, habe ich mich sofort unter die Dusche gestellt, und die Lola ist mit der roten Farbe quasi aus mir rausgeflossen.
When the last scene was filmed I immediately took a shower, and Lola flowed out of me, so to say, with the red die.
- Franka Potente about her role in Run Lola Run. Quoted in Franka Potente by K. Rathje and R. Krämer
Willkommen in der Wüste der Wirklichkeit.
Welcome to the desert of reality.
- aus dem Film Matrix
Er machte gute Miene zum Bösen Spiel.
He just had to grin and bear it.
(He made the best out of a bad situation.)
- German Expression/Deutscher Ausdruck (contributed by K. McAvoy)
Wir müssen uns wirklich ins Zeug legen.
We've got to get crackin'/do our best.
- German Expression/Deutscher Ausdruck (contributed by K. McAvoy)
Die Anatomie ist das Schicksal.
Anatomy is destiny.
- Sigmund Freud: Gesammelte Schriften
Schauspielen hat ganz viel mit Mut zu tun. Man muss immer wieder über Mäuerchen klettern.
Acting has a lot to do with courage. You have to keep jumping over little walls.
- Franka Potente, in Franka Potente by K. Rathje and R. Krämer
Die Weltgeschichte ist auch die Summe dessen, was vermeidbar gewesen wäre.
The history of the world is also the sum of what might have been avoided.
- Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967), West Germany's first chancellor
Note: These quotations have been collected from a variety of sources, including works in print, online and reader contributions. The resulting collection, i.e., the German and the English versions in these archives, may not be reproduced or used elsewhere without the express permission of Hyde Flippo and About.com. Single, individual quotations may be used for non-commercial or classroom purposes with this notice: “From the German Language site at About.com - http://german.about.com.”
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