"One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked."

-- Anita Diament

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“The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found.”

Source : Miguel de Unamuno (1925). “Essays and Soliloquies”
“It is always our objective to have close ties with the United States. We're at a transitional period of our history and we're on a road to reform.”
“Not judging people is the fastest way to peace.”

Source : "Jonathan Jackson: On Gratitude, Forgiveness, and Genuine Prayer". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Space travel is the only technology that is more dangerous and more expensive now than it was in its first year. Fifty years after Yuri Gagarin, the space shuttle ended up being more dangerous and more expensive to fly than those first throwaway rockets, even though large portions of it were reusable. It's absurd.”
“When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken if one wishes to be able to take delicate measurements. The various objects used in a chemical laboratory and those used in a chemical laboratory, and those which serve for experiments in physics, become radioactive in a short time and act upon photographic plates through black paper. Dust, the air of the room, and one's clothes all become radioactive.”
“People get mad at me very easily. The magnitude of your anger toward me is the measure of how much you know you are doing wrong.”
“If things are not going well with you, begin your effort at correcting the situation by carefully examining the service you are rendering, and especially the spirit in which you are rendering it.”
“For many years I thought, "Well, I need to know a lot more to direct." But I looked around and watched all the people I know directing and thought, "No. I just need to know what I want it to be." Then there will be a lot of people to help me get it to there, especially Bobby Bukowski, he's a brilliant cinematographer.”

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