Eliot Weinberger Quotes
Translation is not appropriation, as is sometimes claimed; it is a form of listening that then changes how you speak.
Quotes to Explore
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Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
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We're concerned how gambling and betting affects the NHL game and changes the perception of and challenges the integrity of the NHL game.
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Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.
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Work is my salvation. It changes my moods.
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What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about something important.
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We're in a period of revolutionary change. I'm optimistic. One's self changes, and then the world changes. It's going to begin internally, not externally.
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One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.
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It's best make changes little by little, the same as you'd put clothes upon a growing child.
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Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I'm someone who changes his mind all the time.
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It's not humanly possible for anyone not to go through changes. Change is a constant in everyone's life, even in mine. I have enjoyed the change at every stage of my life.
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Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.
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It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine.
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Now in business we do a cost benefit analysis before we make policy changes. Washington should as well.
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Changes in our aesthetic tastes have no value or meaning in and of themselves; what has value and meaning is the idea of change itself. Or, better stated: not change in and of itself, but change as an agent or inspiration of modern creations.
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Nothing changes like changes, because nothing changes but the changes.
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It really is true that when an issue becomes pop culture, it changes faster, and it's really great for the issue.
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Working with Lasse Hallstroem was like a rollercoaster, because he doesn't have one specific vision. It changes daily, or it's always evolving.
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Mexican food is far more varied than people think. It changes like dialects. I was brought up in Jalisco by the sea on a basic diet - tomatoes, chillis, peppers of every size and rice, which is a Mexican staple. The Pacific coast has a huge array of seafood.
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But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.
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My inspiration comes from the common man and nature.
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I don't want to put my fate in country music fans; I'm too stubborn.
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Personal relationships are usually my biggest inspirations for writing my songs. The best way for me to write a song is to visualise the story in my head, and I start humming a melody, and before you know it, a song is born.
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Translation is not appropriation, as is sometimes claimed; it is a form of listening that then changes how you speak.
