"Every language is a world. Without translation, we would inhabit parishes bordering on silence."

-- George Steiner

#Silence Quotes #World Quotes #Language Quotes

“The only reason I am a star is because of my repression. Nothing else would have driven me through all that if I was 'normal'.”
“It is tempting to deny, but if you deny you confirm what you won't deny.”
“In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous.”
“Stand up for your principles, but be a decent human being while you're doing it.”
“An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.”
“And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win. "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin. "Why, that I cannot tell," said he, "But 'twas a famous victory."”
“Lord Grantham: ‘My dear fellow. We all have chapters we would rather keep unpublished.”

Source : Jessica Fellowes (2012). “The World of Downton Abbey Text Only”, p.2, HarperCollins UK
“I remember we woke up one morning at Denny's house and John Phillips called. He said, you guys okay? We said, yeah, what's wrong, what's going on? He said, well, everybody's dead over at Sharon's house at Terry Melcher's place.”

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