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title: "6 Germany Great Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-slatkin/we-are-a-global-society-and-one-does-not-have-to-be-from-germany-to/)

[Leonard Slatkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-slatkin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/leonard-slatkin-21110_beethoven_we-are-a-global-society-and-one-does-not_752446.jpg)

> [“And though it would never be publicly admitted, they must also be brainwashed to adopt his ideology. Pure by blood, stripped of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-levine/and-though-it-would-never-be-publicly-admitted-they-must-also-be/)

[Joshua Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-levine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd6/joshua-levine-64758_quote_and-though-it-would-never-be-publicly-ad_1261520.jpg)

> [I don't see a film industry in Germany. They have a great TV culture, but how many German films are really exciting?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-kretschmann/i-don-t-see-a-film-industry-in-germany-they-have-a-great-tv-culture/)

[Thomas Kretschmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-kretschmann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a84/thomas-kretschmann-44239_cinema_i-don-t-see-a-film-industry-in-germany-t_1939368.jpg)

> [Germany has great skill levels, great infrastructure, high-quality plant. If you go to the U.K., we're very creative, and we've got the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-ratcliffe/germany-has-great-skill-levels-great-infrastructure-high-quality/)

[Jim Ratcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-ratcliffe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5f/jim-ratcliffe-21131_energy_germany-has-great-skill-levels-great-inf_2228812.jpg)

> [Duisburg was the worst industrial, depressive part of Germany. But it was great. We had nothing, but I didn't miss nothing so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lindbergh/duisburg-was-the-worst-industrial-depressive-part-of-germany-but-it/)

[Peter Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lindbergh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/peter-lindbergh-13923_germany_duisburg-was-the-worst-industrial-depres_2384893.jpg)

> [Germany is a great nation only because its people have so much Polish blood in their veins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/germany-is-a-great-nation-only-because-its-people-have-so-much-polish/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/friedrich-nietzsche-15_blood_germany-is-a-great-nation-only-because-i_2679671.jpg)

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