“What irritates me most of all about these morning people is their horribly good temper, as if they have been up for three hours and already conquered France.””
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Quotes by Timur
“To begin with I thought we were driving around in circles until I realised that Herr Starbuck owned dozens of coffee houses.””
Look Who's Back
“We all know, of course, what to make of our newspapers. The deaf man writes down what the blind man has told him, the village idiot edits it, and their colleagues in the other press houses copy it. Each story is doused afresh with the same stagnant infusion of lies, so that the “splendid” brew can then be served up to a clueless Volk.””
Look Who's Back
“Aber man weiß ja, was man von unseren Zeitungen zu halten hat. Da notiert der Schwerhörige, was ihm der Blinde berichtet, der Dorftrottel korrigiert es, und die Kollegen in den anderen Pressehäusern schreiben es ab.””
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“He looked confused. “With your girlfriend, I mean. Who was to blame?”“I don’t know,” I said. “Ultimately Churchill, I expect.””
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TimurTimur, also known as Tamerlane, was a formidable Central Asian conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in the late 14th century. Born in 1336 in what is now Uzbekistan, he rose from humble beg...