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...I remain restless and dissa...

...I remain restless and dissatisfied; what I knot with my right hand, I undo with my left, what my left hand creates, my right fist shatters

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

My relationship with Wilhelm a...

My relationship with Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm reaches far back into my childhood. I grew up with Grimm's fairy tales. I even saw a theater production of 'Tom Thumb' during Advent at the State Theater in Danzig, which my mother took me to see.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

I expected more from literatur...

I expected more from literature than from real, naked life.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

Writers know that sometimes th...

Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about them.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

After the collapse of socialis...

After the collapse of socialism, capitalism remained without a rival. This unusual situation unleashed its greedy and - above all - its suicidal power. The belief is now that everything - and everyone - is fair game.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

How easily the routine of sin ...

How easily the routine of sin establishes itself.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

It's dangerous to watch stagge...

It's dangerous to watch staggering butterflies. They have a plan but it has no meaning.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

Art is accusation, expression,...

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is black charcoal crushing white paper.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

It makes me realise that the f...

It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

I don't believe in writing at ...

I don't believe in writing at night because it comes too easily. When I read it in the morning it's not good. I need daylight to begin. Between nine and ten o'clock I have a long breakfast with reading and music.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

I did not volunteer for the Wa...

I did not volunteer for the Waffen SS, but was, as were thousands of my year group, conscripted. I did not then know as a 17-year-old that it was a criminal unit. I thought it was an elite unit.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

I belonged to the generation t...

I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray.

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I have found that words that a...

I have found that words that are loaded with pathos and create a seductive euphoria are apt to promote nonsense.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

Art is so wonderfully irration...

Art is so wonderfully irrational, exuberantly pointless, but necessary all the same. Pointless and yet necessary, that's hard for a puritan to understand.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

Melancholy and utopia are head...

Melancholy and utopia are heads and tails of the same coin.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

Translation is that which tran...

Translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes.

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We already have the statistics...

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.

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Even bad books are books and t...

Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.

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The job of a citizen is to kee...

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

I have heard my fill of hurtfu...

I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in their country, are referred to as 'do-gooders.' This is how a phrase that can be used to stop an argument dead becomes part of common usage.

Guenter Grass 83 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....