What's the German quotation in The Sunset Limited?

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In The Sunset Limited, White aka "the professor" (played by Tommy Lee Jones) quotes a short German sentence.

I am German myself, but I was unable to understand it. Were the words he said actually german? Did he just pronounce them in a strange way maybe?

What did he say and who did he quote?

Advicer · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-18 21:34:33Z

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Analysing some subtitles I found out that the quotation can be:

Ich kann nicht anders

Maybe the pronunciation wasn't that great. The quotation is attributed to Martin Luther:

Hier stehe ich, ich kann nicht anders. Gott helfe mir. Amen!: "Here I stand, I cannot do differently. God help me. Amen!"

answered Mar 18, 2012 at 21:34

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I just rewatched the scene, and you are right. The pronounciation is really bad though.
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Rixx · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-23 19:40:00Z

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1- literally: I cannot do otherwise. 2- meaning: I do what I want. 3- "I did it my way". 4- I am my own boss.

answered Dec 23, 2016 at 19:40

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