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Translation is the art of failure. - Umberto Eco

Translation is the art of failure. – Umberto Eco

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I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they arent trying to teach us. – Umberto Eco

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Father
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But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. – Umberto Eco

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Truth
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In the United States theres a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner. – Umberto Eco

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Success
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Art
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What is art? Prostitution. – Charles Baudelaire

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Art

Creative without strategy is called art. Creative with strategy is called advertising. – Jef I. Richards

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Art

Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they dont have for something they dont need. – Will Rogers

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Art

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, its dead for you. – Oscar Wilde

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Art

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My mother and I always had full adult communication. – Erin Gray

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The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them. – Ogden Nash

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Marriage

My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business. – Harry Houdini

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