"Translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes."

-- Gunter Grass

#Things Change Quotes #Translations Quotes

“Pareto's Principle: you generally spend 80% of your time on 20% of the project.”
“Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.”
“Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival. . . . It isn't 'second nature,' it is 'first nature.'”
“I can take all the negative energy and turn it into a positive simply by purging my soul through music. That's how powerful music can be.”
“Genet raised his hand, and I squeezed my eyes shut, sure I would be receiving the worst backhanded slap of my life. Genet froze and whimpered, but didn't back away. "Oh, ho," said a familiar voice. "That was close !" I opened my eyes as North's free hand - the one that hadn't caught Genet's wrist - gently pulled my arm free. I pushed myself away from both of them. "You interrupt my business ?" Genet sputtered. "Do you know what this wench just accused me of being ?" "A filthy pig," North said good-naturedly. "But there's only one filthy pig allowed in her life, and the position's been filled.”
“As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.”
“My job isn't to represent the Democrat Party or the Republican Party. It's to represent Hoosier families.”

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“I think Behind the Music is good for people like Leif Garrett and Motley Crue.”

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