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“We're still on the run. That's for sure.
Right on. This time we're on.
And we won't stop till we win.”
― Battle Royale
Right on. This time we're on.
And we won't stop till we win.”
― Battle Royale
“But what is the opposite of fidelity?' asked Professor Playfair. He was approaching the end of his dialitic; now he needed only to draw it to a close with a punch. 'Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, it means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So, where does that leave us? How can we conclude except by acknowledging that an act of translation is always an act of betrayal?”
― Babel
― Babel
“And it feels like, finally.”
― Monsters of Men
― Monsters of Men
“We all know that light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.”
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“Kropp on the other hand is a thinker. He proposes that a declaration of war should be a kind of popular festival with entrance-tickets and bands, like a bull fight. Then in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it out on themselves. Whoever survives the country wins. That would be much simpler and more than just this arrangement, where the wrong people do the fighting”
― All Quiet on the Western Front
― All Quiet on the Western Front
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