"If there were mistakes, there were mistakes. But a man has to have a line of work, no?"

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“...pale eyes, extraordinarily mobile, like those of an animal in a cage.”

“If I think of all those homosexuals in Germany today, I think I'd hand my German passport back, if I had one.”

“I admire you, but in the end everybody talks.”

“There is only one certainty in life... A strong man stands above and conquers all!”

“...Had the eyes of a monster. He was savage. My God, he was savage! It was unimaginable. He broke my teeth, he pulled my hair back. He put a bottle in my mouth and pushed it until the lips split from the pressure.”

“When I stand before the throne of God, I shall be judged innocent.”

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"The hardest working actress I ever knew."

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— Beatrice Borromeo

Politics1985

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"Love is eternal -- the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lam…"

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Art1853–1890

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