Lydia Davis Ordering is difficult. It’s like arranging pieces of music in a concert: What do you put first? What do you put after the intermission? I want the reader to be sort of surprised, to come to each story freshly. – Lydia Davis Arranging Quotes Concert Quotes Difficult Quotes Freshly Quotes Intermission Quotes Music Quotes Pieces Quotes Reader Quotes Sort Quotes Story Quotes Surprised Quotes Even though I believe a superlative translation can achieve timelessness, that doesn’t mean I think other translators shouldn’t attempt other versions. The more the better, in the end. If a translation doesn’t have obvious writing problems, it may seem quite all right at first glance. We readers, after all, quickly adapt to the style of a translator, stop noticing it, and get caught up in the story.
GraduationJohn Katzman After graduation, I took a job with Manufacturers Hanover Trust in software development. I don’t think I was there more than a month. – John Katzman
Margaret Chase Smith Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation. – Margaret Chase Smith
Andrew Davies Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening. – Andrew Davies
Nicholas A Christakis There are very fundamental reasons we live our lives in social networks, and if we really understood the role they’re playing in our society, we would take better care of social networks and find ways to take advantage of their power to improve our society. – Nicholas A Christakis
Spencer Matthews I watch a lot of Disney films and whenever one of my little nieces is round I’ll slap on ‘Cinderella’ or ‘Hercules’ and use them as an excuse to watch it. – Spencer Matthews
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