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Man kann keine neuen Länder entdecken, ohne die Sicht auf die alten für eine lange Zeit zu verlieren.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Die Welt ist rund.

The world is round.

Ich sollte nicht auf dem Landweg nach Osten fahren, wie es üblich ist, sondern auf westlichem Wege, in welche Richtung wir bisher keine sicheren Beweise dafür haben, dass jemand gegangen ist.

I should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence that any one has gone.

Ich war ein paar mal verliebt, aber man weiß nicht, ob es wirklich die eine ist, bis man die richtige Person trifft.

I've been in love a couple times, but you never know if it's truly the one until you meet the right person.

Wenn ich mich über etwas geärgert oder mich verloren gefühlt habe, war Musik immer die Antwort.

When I felt upset and lost, music always had the answer.

Ich will nicht von jedem gemocht werden.

I don't want to be liked by everyone.

Wir verstehen nicht, wie sehr wir etwas brauchen, bis wir es verlieren.

We don't realize how much we need something until it's taken away from us.

Man kann kein guter Spion sein, wenn jeder auf der Welt einen kennt und weiß, welchen Drink man gerne trinkt. Das ergibt keinen Sinn.

You can't be a real spy and have everybody in the world know who you are and what your drink is. That's just hysterically funny.

Manche wurden mit musikalischer Begabung gesegnet, manche mit gutem Aussehen. Ich selbst wurde mit Bescheidenheit gesegnet.

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.

Ich bin ein kleiner Teufel.

I'm a little devil.

Lehrt Liebe, Selbstlosigkeit und gute Manieren, dann wird manches davon vom Klassenraum nach Hause getragen und wer weiß, vielleicht erziehen die Kinder irgendwann ihre Eltern.

Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.

Ich glaube daran, dass ein Kapitän nur so gut wie sein Team sein kann.

I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.

Cricket ist ein Teamsport, wenn du allen Ruhm für dich willst, dann spiel in einem Einzelsport.

Cricket is a team game. If you want fame for yourself, go play an individual game.

Unsere Flagge ist unsere Identität. Wir können nicht zulassen, dass wir oder irgendwer anders unsere Identität missachtet.

Our flag is our identity, and we can't disrespect or let anyone else disrespect our identity.

Oh yes, I love gadgets.

Sometimes it's important to get out of that comfort zone and, I think, try new things, and sometimes you can express yourself better.

Die Baby-Boomer sind die verwöhnteste, selbstsüchtigste, selbstverliebteste Generation, die dieses Land je hervorgebracht hat.

The baby boomers are the most spoiled, most self-centered, most narcissistic generation the country's ever produced.

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

A country is more than an economy. We're a civic society.

The longer they talk about identity politics, I got 'em. I want them to talk about racism every day. If the Left is focused on race and identity, and we go with economic nationalism, we can crush the Democrats.

Dunkelheit ist gut. Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Der Satan. Das ist Macht.

Darkness is good. Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That's power.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown.

I think a captain is someone who captains on the cricket field but, most of the leadership that happens is off the cricket field. It's very easy to captain people on the cricket field, but if you can start leading them off the cricket field, and show them that trust, what you have in them.

Remember Circuit City? Bear Stearns? Lehman Brothers? Sports Authority? Once, all were billion-dollar companies - then gone in a moment. The fatal problem might be fraud or corruption, but more often, it's simply that management didn't see 'over the other side of the hill.'

As soon as I arrived in the Indies, in the first island which I found, I took some of the natives by force, in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts. And so it was that they soon understood us, and we them, either by speech or by signs, and they have been very serviceable.

Vielleicht muss der DFB mal eine [Kapitänsbinde] in XS herstellen, weil, bei mir ist die immer wieder runter gerutscht. Da muss ich mal morgen bisschen meinen Bizeps aufpumpen.

Leben bedeutet, sich zu verändern. Perfekt zu sein bedeutet, sich oft verändert zu haben.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Es ging mir nie darum, was ich auf dem Football Feld erreicht habe, sondern darum, wie ich das Spiel gespielt habe.

To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.

Wenn uns ein großes Happy-End bedacht ist, werden wir zuerst vor große Katastrophen gestellt.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

Thailand wurde auf Mitgefühl erbaut.

Thailand was built on compassion.

Ein guter Mensch kann anderen Menschen ein gutes Vorbild sein. Gutes kann Gutes in der Gesellschaft hervorrufen, so dass auch andere Menschen gut werden.

A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good.

Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.

The 'what should be' never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no 'what should be,' there is only what is.

Ich bin kein Comedian. Und ich bin nicht krank. Die Welt ist krank und ich bin der Arzt. Der Chirurg mit dem Skalpel, mit dem er alles Schlechte heraus schneidet.

I'm not a comedian. And I'm not sick. The world is sick, and I'm the doctor. I'm a surgeon with a scalpel for false values.

Musik ist für immer; Musik sollte mit einem wachsen und altern, einem immer folgen, bis man stirbt.

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.

Man sagt, dass ein Königreich wie eine Pyramide ist: der König ist an der Spitze und die Menschen darunter. Aber in diesem Land, ist es anders herum.

They say that a kingdom is like a pyramid: the king on top and the people below. But in this country, it's upside down.

There may be some people in the country who forget to perform their duty. You should set an example by doing your job with honesty and faithfulness.

When people have compassion, friendship, and unity, they speak and think in a constructive way to ensure national independence and prosperity.

All my humor is based on destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I'd be standing in the bread line - right in back of J. Edgar Hoover.

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.

I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work.

Es gibt niemals genug "Ich liebe dich"s.

There are never enough I Love You's.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Monday Night Football. That was everything to me because you get a chance to show everybody what you're capable of. It's only two teams on that Monday night.

Ich mache keine Diät. Ich esse Fisch, ich esse frittiertes Hähnchen, Spaghetti, Bohnen. Wenn der Körper einem sagt, 'Das musst du essen', muss man dem Körper geben, was er will.

I don't diet. I'll eat fish; I'll eat baked chicken, pasta, beans. When the body is telling you, 'You need to indulge in something,' you need to give the body what it wants.

Ich möchte die Menschen erleuchten.

I would like to enlighten people.

Der Gedanke, dass man ein besseres Leben führen kann, ist unauslöschlich in unsere Herzen und Köpfe verwoben.

The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.