"I've never had the impulse for someone else to translate me into my own language. My impulse has always been to translate someone else into mine."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Idra Novey

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“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
“A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.”
“Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.”
“This is the purpose of theology. By it my life becomes clearer and more conscious.”
“The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil Age will end long before the world runs out of oil.”

Source : Interview with George Negus, www.sbs.com.au.
“Life insurance companies are failing to pay out death benefits when they know the person is dead, and they're claiming they don't know.”

Source : "Life insurance industry under investigation". "Not Paid" with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. April 17, 2016.
“False modesty can be worse than arrogance.”
“I do chores around the house, but I don't get an allowance for them. I wash the dishes and sweep the floor... I'm sweeping the floor quite a lot, and my mum always expects me to get a broom and swagger it across the floor all the time.”

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