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"Certainly it is a different world for players nowadays. But it depends on the individual."
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"Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world."
"The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One."
"Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world."
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."
"Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without."
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."
"A novel points out that the world consists entirely of exceptions."
"A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it."
"I've always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know, because you're not responsible for your gift, only for what you do with it."
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"Back then, a half-a-century ago, the situation was totally different. Economically, we were practically on our knees, and politically, we were still excluded from the community of nations. Today, in this respect, we have a totally different and much more stable basis."
"At any rate, I can only see such a success having positive effects for everyone, particularly as our anticipation of the World cup would only increase further."
"We are the last remaining country to allow ourselves two breaks in the season. You just have to look at England, Italy and Spain, they play right through the season. We on the other hand take six weeks off in the winter until the end of January, and that is a luxury."
"At the World Cup and even now at the Confederations Cup, our security provisions will ensure the greatest level of protection possible for all those participating - both inside and outside the stadiums."
"The most important thing however is the money. What use would it be to us, to have a a mighty stadium but a useless team, because we couldn't afford anything better?"
"The two designs are completely different. The first is totally futuristic, the second is more classical. You can of course get very excited about doing something completely out of the ordinary, just like the Olympic stadium in its time. But each to his or her own taste."
"The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional location, and above all of course, as a highly capable economic location."
"It would make me a lot happier if I could meet up again next year with as many friends as possible from all over the world who I've met during my career. That's where the great opportunity lies, for me personally, in our role as World Cup host."
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