"If you want to appeal to people of different languages and cultures, you have to move toward tropes that are universally recognized. Games, references, subtleties that only work in your language are hardly useful."

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Source : Source: theuntranslated.wordpress.com

Tim Parks

#Moving Quotes #Games Quotes #People Quotes

“The best design explicitly acknowledges that you cannot disconnect the form from the material--the material informs the form,”
“Every time you swim out to the rock, it gets a little closer.”
“Itâ€™s always summer somewhere.”
“I feel my fuller-bodied characters are all in the independent films I do, and in the studio productions, I have to work harder to dimensionalize the characters. And that's certainly part of the job description of an actor - that's what you're supposed to do - but you have to work harder at it in the characters that I've encountered in studio films.”
“If you own a chemical plant and leak a little benzene, you're in big trouble because everyone knows how carcinogenic it is. But coming out of a tailpipe? The government never does anything about that.”
“Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.”

Source : FaceBook post by LL Cool J from Apr 13, 2013
“It is to create the best Games the world has ever seen by unlocking the UK's unrivalled passion for sport, by delivering the best Games for athletes to compete in, by showcasing London's unmatched cultural wealth and diversity and by creating a real and lasting legacy.”
“I'm not particularly a feminist, but if you get women off the animal cycle of reproduction and give them some say in how many children they'll have, immediately the floor will rise.”

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