Werner Klemperer famous quotes

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  • Tell me not here, it needs not saying, What tune the enchantress plays In aftermaths of soft September Or under blanching mays, For she and I were long acquainted And I knew all her ways.

  • If you want something to play with go find yourself a toy, baby, my time is too expensive and I'm not a little boy.

  • When you're writing a movie or a play and writing isn't going well, which is for me the normal condition - it's an exceptional day when suddenly I've got something and it's going well - you can call the studio or the producer or whoever is waiting for it and say, "I know I said I was going to have it in by the end of the summer.

  • The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.

  • The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.

  • I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.

  • Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.

  • It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself

  • A tiny remnant of a big thing is better than a whole little thing.

  • I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.