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Sadam Faisal

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“It is the task of the translator to release in his own language that pure language that is under the spell of another, to liberate the language imprisoned in a work in his re-creation of that work.”
― Walter Benjamin, Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

tags: translation

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“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

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“In dreams begins responsiblities.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

tags: dreams, responsiblities

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“The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit.”
― George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London

tags: down-and-out-in-paris-and-london, poor, rich

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“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
― John Lennon

tags: inspirational, life

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