Agustin Fernandez Mallo Quotes
For me, every translation is a new book, with the translator inevitably broadening the meaning of the original book in any translation.
Quotes to Explore
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The new meaning of soul is creativity and mysticism. These will become the foundation of the new psychological type and with him or her will come the new civilization.
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If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?
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Eliminating fighting would mean eliminating the jobs of the 'fighters,' meaning these guys would not have NHL careers.
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Religion is the search for ultimate meaning.
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After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.
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When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
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Being human always points, and is directed, to something or someone, other than oneself - be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter.
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I dream in numbers, and I like to look up the meaning of numbers, and numbers stick out to me.
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Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell you about the character's origin or back story.
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The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.
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Tagliatelle comes from the word tagliare, meaning 'to cut.' Tagliolini are simply thinly cut tagliatelle.
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A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does not have.
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Translation is the art of failure.
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It's funny: sometimes with 'Spaced,' people would try and read too much into something I'd done, with the references meaning something more than they do.
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The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.
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Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
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Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? Is life no more with noble meaning fraught?
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I wrote when I did not know life; now that I do know the meaning of life, I have no more to write. Life cannot be written; life can only be lived.
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Translation is not appropriation, as is sometimes claimed; it is a form of listening that then changes how you speak.
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To try to create a character without a whole lot of information can be taxing. At the same time, it's fun to just stay on your toes and let the next bit of dialogue come in, and turn the page as you read the next script and see what they have in store for you next.
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And singing is a physical thing - your vocal cords are these muscles.
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Profound hearts, wise minds, take life as God makes it; it is a long trial, and unintelligible preparation for the unknown destiny.
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For me, every translation is a new book, with the translator inevitably broadening the meaning of the original book in any translation.
