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Das Schlimme sind die Kompromisse und alles, was halbherzig gemacht ist, sieht letzten Endes kleinlich aus. Und das Kleinliche, das schmerzt. [G] What we want to avoid are compromises; anything that is done half-heartedly ends up looking small-minded. And that is what hurts.

Es geht für den normalen Durchschnittsopportunisten etwas Beruhigendes davon aus, wenn er sieht, dass andere, dass "große Geister" genauso klein und schwach sein können wie er selbst. [G] There is something reassuring for the average normal opportunist in seeing that others, that "great minds", can be just as small-minded and weak as himself.

Rosenheim steht spätestens seit dem Film von Percy Adlon prototypisch für Kleinbürgerlichkeit und Provinzialität. [G] Rosenheim has been a byword for small-minded provincialism ever since.

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