"Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be."

-- Henri Frederic Amiel

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“Translation is entirely mysterious. Increasingly I have felt that the art of writing is itself translating, or more like translating than it is like anything else. What is the other text, the original? I have no answer. I suppose it is the source, the deep sea where ideas swim, and one catches them in nets of words and swings them shining into the boat... where in this metaphor they die and get canned and eaten in sandwiches.”
“I love to sing random stuff. That's exciting for me.”

Source : "Next Factor Q&A: 'Les Misérables' Star Samantha Barks" by Kase Wickman, www.mtv.com. December 19, 2012.
“The sooner we rein in the red tape factory in Washington, D.C., the sooner small businesses can get back to creating jobs and helping more Americans find an honest day's work.”

Source : "As Economy Limps Along, Obama Touts Efforts Ahead of Crucial Midterm Elections". www.foxnews.com. September 4, 2010.
“We can remind the world that all the dead on both sides have not settled our differences, so now it is time for the living to renounce violence as a means of solving this conflict.”
“We put in all the great ideas that can be brought into the film [Doctor Strange] in the service of introducing the world to an audience who's never heard of it and doesn't know it from a hole in the wall. And we thought that an inter-dimensional girlfriend that's the daughter of an inter-dimensional demon-esque creature was a step too far in introducing this world.”
“The spirit world is able to get through to you easily when your mind is still and clear. Meditation is often referred to as 'sitting in the silence.' Whenever you want to reach Spirit from this side of life, start by sitting in the silence.”
“The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents â€” because they have a tame child-creature in their house.”
“I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.”

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