"Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing.... It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift."

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Source : Harry Mathews (2002). “The Human Country: New and Collected Stories”

Harry Mathews

#Writing Quotes #Speech Quotes #Transformation Quotes

“I never wanted anything to happen to my parents, but a hero needs an origin story.”

Source : "A Softer World". Webcomic by Joey Comeau,
“The teacher has not taught until the student has learned.”

Source : "You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden's Teaching Principles and Practices" by Swen Nater, Ronald Gallimore, Fitness Information Technology, Incorporated, (p. 151), 2010.
“Unbeknownst to a lot of us, our children actually listen to just about everything we say and, even more so, watch everything we do. They notice the choices we make and the company we keep.”

Source : "Showing a Father’s Love by Protecting Our Children’s Health" by Thomas Carper, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2012.
“When someone has cancer, the whole family and everyone who loves them does, too.”
“I’m happy when what I’m doing is helping people and unhappy when what I’m doing isn’t helping people.”
“In Yellowstone National Park there are more â€˜do not feed the animalsâ€™ signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.”
“We may be unable to maintain even a semblance of order in our urban schools, which increasingly resemble happy hour in Beirut. But, hallelujah, we sure know how to protect kids from God.”

Source : Don Feder (1993). “A Jewish conservative looks at pagan America”, Vital Issues Pr
“I have no recipe for how to combine things. But you must be sincere. And if you are, strangely, it will succeed.”

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