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Der Deutsche fährt nicht wie andere Menschen. Er fährt, um recht zu haben.


Kurt Tucholsky

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KURT EICHENWALD I now make my living by being impolite. I am clumsy at it.
KURT VONNEGUT Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are
KURT COBAIN For a long time, I dressed like an idiot. In college, I had a fully shaved head with just two horns....
KURT BRAUNOHLER Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. They're cheap and ...
KURT COBAIN If you appear in the 'Atlantic' or 'Harper's' or the 'New Yorker,' by Go...
KURT VONNEGUT It is a big temptation to me, when I create a character for a novel, to say that he is what he is be...
KURT VONNEGUT About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilitie...
KURT VONNEGUT I've had this terrible stomach problem for years, and that has made touring difficult. People wo...
KURT COBAIN It was very lucky for me as a writer that I studied the physical sciences rather than English. I wro...
KURT VONNEGUT I'm a guy who has problems with moderation. All or nothing. Binge and purge. Kill or be killed. ...
KURT SUTTER Assess Bitcoins? All you can do is examine the trading patterns, which do not provide a real analysi...
KURT EICHENWALD A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achiev...
KURT LEWIN I am honorary President of the American Humanist Society, having succeeded the late, great science f...
KURT VONNEGUT I have no problem with responsible gun owners who own weapons for self-protection, hunting, or just ...
KURT EICHENWALD Every time I see documentaries or infomercials about little kids with cancer, I just freak out. It a...
KURT COBAIN This is Sunday, and the question arises, what'll I start tomorrow?
KURT VONNEGUT I love how my sport reaches out to people with the music and story lines, the glory of standing up f...
KURT BROWNING Evolution can go to hell as far as I am concerned. What a mistake we are. We have mortally wounded t...
KURT VONNEGUT My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be...
KURT COBAIN Bitcoins are not a real investment; they are bets inside a casino. If the price goes back up, don...
KURT EICHENWALD All the great game show hosts have a signature 'look,' from Bob Barker's year-round Braz...
KURT BRAUNOHLER The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Pra...
KURT VONNEGUT I've always wanted male friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important thin...
KURT COBAIN I created lots of characters in high school and college, and the first character I created in pro co...
KURT BUSIEK In Canada, you can't even have a barbecue in your backyard without being attacked by a moose or ...
KURT ANGLE I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge...
KURT RUSSELL Man's inhumanity to man is as old as humanity itself. Some people just do evil things. Most do n...
KURT SUTTER My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It's psychosom...
KURT COBAIN I remember seeing Tony Bennett on television. He was the only guy in the orchestra who was wearing a...
KURT ELLING Too often, it seems, conservatives have scorned experts as incompetent, biased, or otherwise worth i...
KURT EICHENWALD I was not an anthropology student prior to the war. I took it up as part of a personal readjustment ...
KURT VONNEGUT I think big business is a terrible thing for the spirit of the country, as our spirit is the best th...
KURT VONNEGUT Basically, whenever someone says they're wrong, conservatives too often fall back on claims that...
KURT EICHENWALD When I'm being funny, I try not to offend. I don't think much of what I've done has been...
KURT VONNEGUT I consider myself very fortunate. I have a beautiful wife who supports my work and is raising our da...
KURT ELLING John Lennon was definitely my favorite Beatle, hands down.
KURT COBAIN The feeling about a soldier is, when all is said and done, he wasn't really going to do very muc...
KURT VONNEGUT I definitely feel closer to the feminine side of the human being than I do the male - or the America...
KURT COBAIN If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying...
KURT COBAIN Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut.
KURT VONNEGUT You know what i hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts.
KURT COBAIN There is nothing so practical as a good theory
KURT LEWIN Throughout my life, I've always been really close with girls and made friends with girls. And I&...
KURT COBAIN For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man...
KURT RUSSELL I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't wa...
KURT COBAIN I listened to a lot of King Crimson back in the day.
KURT ELLING Discovering various economists, economic works, reading financial periodicals and keeping up on curr...
KURT BILLS If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven...
KURT MASUR People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.
KURT VONNEGUT James Finch has always had pretty stout cars for the restrictor-plate races and I know we'll be ...
KURT BUSCH The Daytona 500 is a big race, and Darlington is just as big of an event, and a lot of people get ex...
KURT BUSCH Newman and I were friends. We were great teammates, and he needs to check his trophy case on that Da...
KURT BUSCH I started to be really proud of the fact I was gay even though I wasn't
KURT COBAIN I knew I was different. I thought that I might be gay or something because I couldn't identify with ...
KURT COBAIN I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a...
KURT VONNEGUT We are in a democratic society. It's our job to question.
KURT RUSSELL Since scarcity is the basic economic problem, if it does not exist then there is no reason for my ec...
KURT BILLS The doctor gave me several warnings: Never tell anyone unless necessary, because I might be ostraciz...
KURT EICHENWALD I never understood using Kickstarter for commercial purposes. If you want to raise money for commerc...
KURT BRAUNOHLER I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is setting a specific goal. This e...
KURT THOMAS The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begin...
KURT COBAIN I'd rather be dead than cool.
KURT COBAIN We're focusing on particular works films, books, pieces of music, architecture that deserve the na...
KURT ANDERSEN It is so much the first among equals of that world.
KURT ANDERSEN It's high and low (culture), and we're casting a net wide. Almost everyone knows of these things; it...
KURT ANDERSEN We got 200 e-mails (about it). Lots of people had the same reaction. They were assigned to read it i...
KURT ANDERSEN We're focusing on particular works — films, books, pieces of music,...
KURT ANDERSEN When I talk to college students about Spy, it's like I'm describing something that happened in the 1...
KURT ANDERSEN We believe that there is consumer demand for energy efficient homes, these classes will give contrac...
KURT ADAMS Energy costs are a growing concern among Maine?s working families. Providing contractors with inform...
KURT ADAMS This state followed the federal government's lead and totally deregulated our electricity markets. I...
KURT ADAMS