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Translation is the art of failure. - Umberto Eco

Translation is the art of failure. – Umberto Eco

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There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men who can find it even when others fail to see it. Afterwards the story becomes the book of the living, like a blaring trumpet that raises from the tomb those who have been dust for centuries…. – Umberto Eco

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Storytelling
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Umberto Eco
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The comic is the perception of the opposite humor is the feeling of it. – Umberto Eco

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Humor
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Umberto Eco
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Art
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Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. – Lionel Trilling

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Art

Im very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, were all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film. – Jeff Bridges

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Art

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Art

There is something ghostly in all great art. – Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904) [a.k.a. Koizumi Yakumo —tεᖇ&#5

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Art

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Laughter is Gods blessing. – Joseph Prince

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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. – Anatole France

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In a world flagrant with the failures of civilization, what is there particularly immortal about our own? – G.K. Chesterton

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When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. Theres a momentum for change thats very compelling. – Anne M. Mulcahy

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