"(...) the translator of prose is the slave of the author and the translator of poetry is his rival."

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Source : "Dreams of My Russian Summers". Book by Andreï Makine, September 6, 1995.

AndreÃ¯ Makine

#Rivals Quotes #Slave Quotes #Poetry Is Quotes

“In the end I sort of though we created a companion who was so alive and dynamic and so wedded to the doctor that youâ€™d need a whole universe to contain her in. The only way to get rid of her is to send her into a parallel world from which she can never return; otherwise she would stay with the doctor forever.”
“How can so much beauty hide such a bruised and steely heart, and why must I love him, why must I lean in my weariness upon his irresistible yet indomitable strength? Is he not the wizend funeral spirit of a dead man in a child's clothes?”
“In a civilized and cultivated country wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen. the excellent people who protest against all hunting, and consider sportsmen as enemies of wild life, are ignorant of the fact that in reality the genuine sportsman is by all odds the most important factor in keeping the larger and more valuable wild creatures from total extermination.”
“Voices and faces aren't manifestations of good or bad.”
“I'd love to work with Sufjan Stevens. He so gets it. He's amazing.”

Source : "'Idol' winner Lee DeWyze: 'I'm free to do what I want now'". Le DeWyze's Final National Media Conference Call, www.usatoday.com. May 29, 2010.
“Sometimes you can have a reputation for not being relatable and nice because you had a bad day once.”

Source : "James Corden Conquers YouTube With 'Carpool Karaoke'". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. March 8, 2016.
“If I need romance, that's what Netflix is for.”
“Every great movement in the world starts with a tiny group of people who simply refuse to accept a situation.”

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