Notable Natives and Residents
- Edgar G. Ulmer, the filmmaker, was born in Olomouc in 1904, but preferred to claim Vienna as his birthplace, as it sounded less provincial.
- Karel Brückner, formerly head coach of the Czech national team and later head coach of Austria.
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Famous quotes containing the words notable, natives and/or residents:
“Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when it’s more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”
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“The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.”
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