#trans

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body. ↗

— Georg Buchner

#clings #garment #government #must #people

Palestinian terrorism has to be rejected and condemned, yes. But it should not be translated defacto into a policy of support for a really increasingly brutal repression, colonial settlements and a new wall. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#colonial #condemned #increasingly #into #new

Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice. ↗

— James Buchan

#contain #does #importance #information #like

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#audience #concert #instinct #into #me

Blanche talks about aging, and why should she be considered poor, because physical beauty is transitory and fading and she has such richness of the soul. I think that speech is so beautiful, and so telling and so true. ↗

— Delta Burke

#aging #beautiful #beauty #because #blanche

Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#dues #every #incremental #into #payment

American Idol transcends age, gender, ethnicity, everything. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#american #american idol #ethnicity #everything #gender

Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head. ↗

— David Byrne

#cycling #day #depending #faster #head

Worship is transcendent wonder. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#wonder #worship

What comes to your mind when you think of the word Transylvania, if you ponder it at all? What comes to my mind are mountains of savage beauty, ancient castles, werewolves, and witches - a land of magical obscurity. How, in short, am I to believe I will still be in Europe, on entering such a realm? I shall let you know if it's Europe or fairyland, when I get there. First, Snagov - I set out tomorrow. ↗

— Elizabeth Kostova

#dracula #historian #transylvania #beauty