#slate

O Don Quixote, wise as thou art brave, La Mancha's splendor and of Spain the star! To thee I say that if the peerless maid, Dulcinea del Toboso, is to be restored to the state that was once hers, it needs must be that thy squire Sancho take on his bared behind, those sturdy buttocks, must consent to take three thousand lashes and three hundred more, and well laid on, that they may sting and smart; for those are the authors of her woe have thus resolved, and that is why I've come, This, gentles, is the word I bring to you. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

#translated #verse #art

Selvom det var Zaras ansigt, der kunne ses på Pashas video, fortalte den ikke noget om Zara, men om Natasha, den måtte aldrig nogensinde blive en fortælling om Zara. Zaras egen historie var et helt andet sted, Natashas var på båndet. ↗

— Sofi Oksanen

#renselse #translated #men

Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will be borne by hedge funds and other investment groups. ↗

— Peter Bart

#costs #fewer #films #funds #groups

History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture. ↗

— Preet Bharara

#challenges #corporate #culture #ensure #history

Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly. ↗

— Tom Clancy

#art forms #because #books #different #exactly

I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place. ↗

— Chuck Close

#controlled #disabilities #drove #faces #fact

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist. ↗

— Theophile Gautier

#artist #does #his #inner #inner world

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. ↗

— Martha Graham

#because #energy #expression #force #into

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#almost #any #creed #cult #into

The problem is that it is difficult to translate. ↗

— Elfriede Jelinek

#problem #translate