#trans

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

I never got to make that transition from little girl to young woman... and that really screws you up. ↗

— Natalie Cole

#got #i #little #little girl #make

Fifty years ago wealth was stored and transmitted physically through gold bars, stock certificates, bank notes, and coins. ↗

— Scott Cook

#bank #bars #certificates #coins #fifty

The United States transportation system is the envy of the world. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#states #system #transportation #united #united states

Goals transform a random walk into a chase. ↗

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#goals #into #random #transform #walk

As long as the appointment process is transparent and there is a broad mix of political views among the governors of the BBC, I think the public can feel confident that impartiality and independence are just as important to me as they have been to previous incumbents. ↗

— Gavyn Davies

#appointment #bbc #been #broad #confident

Every year, nearly two-thirds of the approximately 200,000 patients in need of a bone marrow transplant will not find a marrow donor that matches within their families. ↗

— Nathan Deal

#bone #bone marrow #donor #every #families

the best of Cervantes is untranslatable, and this undeniable fact is in itself an incentive [for one and all] to learn Spanish. ↗

— Aubrey F.G. Bell

#cervantes #don-quixote #great-books #man-of-la-mancha #modern-library

Reagan didn't socialize with the press. He spent his evenings with Nancy, watching TV with dinner trays. But he knew that to transcend, you can't condescend. ↗

— Maureen Dowd

#evenings #his #knew #nancy #press