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- Nov 07, 2020
Berlin Quotes
On the city that shaped a divided century.
These Berlin quotes range from childhood memories of growing up in a divided city to strategic metaphors describing Berlin as a fortress. For related history, see our Berlin Wall quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Come
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Berlin is all about volatility. Its identity is based not on stability but on change.
- Comfortable
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bricks and mortar Berlin has become a kind of network across which visitors and residents interact as if on some sort of comfortable global platform.
- Bowie
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eight months after graduating from Ryerson, there I was in West Berlin working with Marlene Dietrich and David Bowie and Kim Novak.
- Foreign
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a foreign correspondent in Berlin in the mid-'90s.
- Pictures
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- Nov 07, 2020
I then remained in Berlin until Dec. 1938, spending my time between pictures at my villa on the Riviera.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the Berlin Wall came down the Americans cried, 'Victory,' and walked off the field.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past Berlin was much more radical and extreme and now it's becoming much more of a conventional European city.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
The crucial point is always the own cost structure. Therefore I created a Low Cost alliance with air Berlin.
- Europe
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Germany air became generally accepted Berlin in this area. It operated with 45 airplanes within the Low Cost range from Germany, and is one the most successful carriers in Europe.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember Berlin. Berlin to me was the star of the film. I loved for six months that we filmed there.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when the Berlin Wall fell and suddenly intractable problems get solved.
- Favourite
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- Nov 07, 2020
Berlin is my favourite city.
- Escalator
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, while touring East Berlin - back when there was an East Berlin - I got my left foot stuck in an escalator in Alexanderplatz. A few hours later, thanks to blowtorches and chainsaws and East German soldiers and the U.S. Embassy, my foot was released, and I along with it.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Berlin of the '20s formed the foundation of my future education... the Berlin of the UFA studios, of Fritz Lang, Lubitsch and Erich Pommer. The Berlin of the architects Gropius, Mendelsohn and Mies van der Rohe. The Berlin of the painters Max Libermann, Grosz, Otto Dix, Klee and Kandinsky.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020