"Translation is not appropriation, as is sometimes claimed; it is a form of listening that then changes how you speak."

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Source : Eliot Weinberger (2000). “Anonymous Sources: A Talk on Translators and Translation : Lecture”

Eliot Weinberger

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“It is as bad to clip conscience as to clip coin; it is as bad to give a counterfeit statement as a counterfeit bill.”
“The greatest weapon we have against evil is doing good in Jesus' name.”

Source : Kay Warren (2010). “Say Yes to God: A Call to Courageous Surrender”, p.108, Zondervan
“In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.”

Source : Song: Golden Slumbers
“I have reached zero tolerance for the cruelty against our animal brothers. If we are to nuture our culture, let's begin with the animals who have been nothing but our beasts of burden for so long.”
“YES. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I ROLL. LIKE A SUAVE THING. In fact, from here on, please forward my mail to 1 Suave Hill, Suave Boulevard, Suavieland, Planet of She's-So-Smooth-I-Can't-Believe-She's-Not-Butter.”
“It is possible that the distinction between moral relativism and moral absolutism has sometimes been blurred because an excessively consistent practice of either leads to the same practical result â€” ruthlessness in political life.”

Source : Richard Hofstadter (2011). “The Age of Reform”, p.16, Vintage
“I don't know what they'll say when I die. I don't give a damn, but they'll probably cry.”
“I always think, when there's stuff that people don't like, I always say that if I have another success, I'll enjoy it more, but you don't really.”

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