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"This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed."
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"Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars."
"Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial."
"I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying."
"There was a lot of stress and assumptions made without me even saying anything, which was very upsetting."
"The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all."
"I wouldn't write a book, because saying the word I over and over again would nauseate me."
"The camera is interested in what you are thinking as opposed to just what you are doing or saying."
"Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten."
"I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that."
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"I felt really sorry for Oliver Kahn. Up to that point he had made lots of saves for the German team. Of course he could have caught the ball but it just happened. It was bad luck. In that situation, you need to be very strong psychologically to carry on."
"I don't carry any early childhood trauma around with me, if that's what you're hinting at. The story of the bicycles - and there were three of them which were stolen from me - I've dealt with it well."
"At the beginning of the 60's our country called the foreign workers to come to Germany and now they live in our country. We kidded ourselves a while, we said: 'They won't stay, sometime they will be gone.' But this isn't reality."
"Personally, I think that for example the chemical directive in its present form does too much damage to the chemical industry - especially the medium sized businesses - and will hurt our worldwide competitiveness."
"It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment."
"We feel bound to the Christian image of humanity - that is what defines us. Those who do not accept this are in the wrong place here."
"On the one hand, the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit, which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics."
"That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution."
"Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world."
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