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Jane Austen фото

“Ah! there is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.”
Ах! нет ничего лучше, чем сидеть дома для настоящего комфорта.

Jane Austen книга Emma

Emma (1815)
Works, Emma

Robert Southey фото
Marilyn Monroe фото

“The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.”
Тело предназначено для того, чтобы на него смотрели, а не скрывали.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

Handwritten note responding to a question about posing nude, as quoted in International Herald Tribune (5 October 1984)
Вариант: The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

George Carlin фото

“Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
Никогда не спорь с идиотом. Он лишь опустит тебя на свой уровень и побьёт своим опытом.

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
Booker T. Washington фото
Woody Allen фото

“If Jesus came back and saw what was being done in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.”
Если Иисус вернётся и увидит, что делается от его имени, его никогда не перестанет рвать.

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician

Источник: Hannah and Her Sisters

Victor Hugo фото

“Reason is intelligence taking exercise; imagination is intelligence with an erection.”

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist

Unpublished notebook from 1845-50. Published in Seebacher (ed.), Oeuvres Complètes, vol. 10, p. 158 (Laffont, 1989). English translation from Robb, Victor Hugo p. 249 (Norton, 1997).

Mortimer J. Adler фото

“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.”

Mortimer J. Adler (1902–2001) American philosopher and educator

Источник: Joseph Allen (1979). The Leisure alternatives catalog: food for mind & body. p. 134

Albert Einstein фото

“The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Attributed by his friend Leo Mattersdorf, who also said that "From the time Professor Einstein came to this country until his death, I prepared his income tax returns and advised him on his tax problems." In a letter to Time magazine, 22 February 1963. See this post from The Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/03/07/einstein-income-taxes/#more-2031 for more background.
Attributed in posthumous publications

Victor Hugo фото

“Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.”

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist

Вариант: There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.

Stephen King фото

“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”
И Роулинг, и Мейер разговаривают напрямую с молодыми людьми. … Реальная разница в том, что Джо Роулинг - потрясающий писатель, а Стефани Майер не может писать чертовски дорого. Она не очень хороша.

Stephen King (1947) American author
Ernest Hemingway фото

“We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other.”
Мы хорошо и недорого ели, хорошо и недорого пили и хорошо спали, и нам было тепло вместе, и, мы любили друг друга.

Ernest Hemingway книга A Moveable Feast

Источник: A Moveable Feast

Milan Kundera фото

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.”
Имея дело с людьми, помните, что вы имеете дело не с существами логики, а с существами, изобилующими предрассудками и мотивированными гордостью и тщеславием.

Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People

Вариант: When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.
Источник: How to Win Friends and Influence People

Paulo Coelho фото

“No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.”
Каждый человек на земле, чем бы он ни занимался, играет главную роль в истории мира. И обычно даже не знает об этом.

Paulo Coelho книга The Alchemist

Источник: The Alchemist (1988), p. 158.

Umberto Eco фото

“To survive, you must tell stories.”

Umberto Eco книга The Island of the Day Before

The Island of the Day Before

Jane Austen фото

“There are people who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.”
Есть люди, которые чем больше вы для них делаете, тем меньше они для себя делают.

Jane Austen книга Emma

Источник: Emma (1815)

Marilyn Monroe цитата: “Who said nights were for sleep?”
Marilyn Monroe фото

“Who said nights were for sleep?”
Кто сказал, что ночи для сна?

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Alexander Pope фото

“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.”
Немного знаний - опасная вещь. Так много.

Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet

Misattributed

Mary Kay Ash фото

“If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right.”
Если вы думаете, что можете, вы можете. И если вы думаете, что вы не можете, вы правы.

Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001) Entrepreneur

Вариант: If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can not, you are right.

Don DeLillo фото
John Steinbeck фото

“To be alive at all is to have scars.”

John Steinbeck книга The Winter of Our Discontent

Источник: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter VI

Paulo Coelho фото

“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.”
Два самых сложных теста на духовном пути - это терпение в ожидании подходящего момента и смелость не разочаровываться в том, что мы встречаем.

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

Вариант: You have passed through the two hardest tests on the spiritual road: the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what you encounter.
Источник: Veronika Decides to Die

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow фото

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
У каждого человека есть свои тайные печали, которых мир не знает; и часто мы называем человека холодным, когда ему грустно.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet

Hyperion http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5436, Bk. III, Ch. IV (1839).
Вариант: Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrows, which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad.
Контексте: "Ah! this beautiful world!" said Flemming, with a smile. "Indeed, I know not what to think of it. Sometimes it is all gladness and sunshine, and Heaven itself lies not far off. And then it changes suddenly; and is dark and sorrowful, and clouds shut out the sky. In the lives of the saddest of us, there are bright days like this, when we feel as if we could take the great world in our arms and kiss it. Then come the gloomy hours, when the fire will neither burn on our hearths nor in our hearts; and all without and within is dismal, cold, and dark. Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrows, which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad."

Jon Kabat-Zinn фото

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
Нельзя остановить волны, но можно научиться серфингу.

Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944) American academic

Вариант: You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Источник: Wherever You Go, There You Are

Jonathan Swift фото

“Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.”
Видения есть искусство видеть невидимое.

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet

Thoughts on various subjects (Further thoughts on various subjects) (1745)

Henry Ford фото

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
Единственная настоящая ошибка - это та, из которой мы ничему не научились.

Henry Ford (1863–1947) American industrialist
Giacomo Leopardi фото
Elbert Hubbard фото

“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”
Нет большей неудачи, чем перестать пытаться.

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
Wayne W. Dyer фото

“When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.”
Когда танцуешь, твоя цель не занять определенное место на танцполе, а наслаждаться каждым движением в процессе.

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer
Helen Keller фото

“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
Нельзя соглашаться ползти, когда испытываешь желание парить.

Helen Keller книга The Story of My Life

Источник: Address to the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf at Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (8 July 1896) http://www.afb.org/mylife/book.asp?ch=P3Ch4, quoted in supplement to The Story of My Life

William Blake цитата: “If a thing loves, it is infinite.”
William Blake фото

“If a thing loves, it is infinite.”
Если вещь любит, она бесконечна.

William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist

Annotations to Swedenborg (1788)
1780s

Marilyn Monroe фото

“Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature.”
Секс — часть природы. Я в согласии с природой.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

Вариант: Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature.

John Steinbeck фото

“I guess there are never enough books.”
Я думаю, что книг никогда не бывает достаточно.

John Steinbeck (1902–1968) American writer

Источник: A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia

John F. Kennedy фото

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.”
… мы никогда не должны забывать, что самое высокое достижение не произносить громкие слова, а жить по ним.

John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America

"Proclamation 3560 — Thanksgiving Day, 1963" (5 November 1963) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=9511<!-- Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project -->
1963
Контексте: Today we give our thanks, most of all, for the ideals of honor and faith we inherit from our forefathers —  for the decency of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of will, for the courage and the humility, which they possessed and which we must seek every day to emulate. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.
Let us therefore proclaim our gratitude to Providence for manifold blessings — let us be humbly thankful for inherited ideals — and let us resolve to share those blessings and those ideals with our fellow human beings throughout the world.

Francis Bacon фото

“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”
Одни книги нужно попробовать на вкус, другие — проглотить, и лишь немногие — разжевать и переварить.

Francis Bacon книга Essays

Essays (1625)
Контексте: Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

Of Studies

Woody Allen фото

“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.”
Если вы хотите, чтобы Бог рассмеялся, расскажите ему о своих планах.

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Franz Kafka фото

“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”

Franz Kafka книга The Trial

Вариант: It is only because of their stupidity that they are able to be so sure of themselves.
Источник: The Trial

Martin Luther King, Jr. фото

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?”
Самый насущный и злободневный жизненный вопрос звучит так: а что вы делаете для других?

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
F. Scott Fitzgerald фото

“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
Я познал суть и форму, добро и зло, всё то, что превозносит и разрушает, всё то, что представляет из себя жизнь с разных её сторон.

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Источник: The Great Gatsby

Muhammad Ali фото

“I hated every minute of it. But I said to myself, 'Suffer now, and live the rest of your life as a champion.”
Я ненавидел каждую минуту тренировки, но я сказал себе: «Не уходи, страдай сейчас и живи всю оставшуюся жизнь чемпионом».

Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist

On training, as quoted in "Ali: Born Again!" by Pete Axthelm and Peter Bonventre, Newsweek (25 September 1978)

Marilyn Monroe фото

“Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.”
Голливуд — это то место, где вам платят тысячу долларов за поцелуй и пятьдесят центов за вашу душу. Я знаю это, потому что отклоняла первое неоднократно и протягивала руку для пятидесяти центов.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

As quoted in Marilyn Monroe : In Her Own Words (1983), edited by Roger Taylor
Вариант: Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.

Sigmund Freud фото

“It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.”

Sigmund Freud книга Civilization and Its Discontents

Man kann sich des Eindrucks nicht erwehren, daß die Menschen gemeinhin mit falschen Maßstäben messen, Macht, Erfolg und Reichtum für sich anstreben und bei anderen bewundern, die wahren Werte des Lebens aber unterschätzen.
Источник: 1920s, Civilization and Its Discontents (1929), Ch. 1, as translated by James Strachey, p.25

Charles Bukowski фото
Will Rogers фото

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
Даже если вы находитесь на правильном пути, вас сбьют, если вы просто сидите там.

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

Вариант: Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

Henry David Thoreau фото

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”
Живи в любое время года пока оно длится; вдыхай воздух, пей напиток, вкушай фрукт и смирись с влиянием земли.

Henry David Thoreau книга Уолден, или Жизнь в лесу

Источник: Walden

Ralph Waldo Emerson фото

“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.”
Разум, однажды расширивший свои границы, никогда не вернется в прежние.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Eudora Welty фото

“All serious daring starts from within.”

Eudora Welty (1909–2001) American author

Источник: On Writing (2002)

John F. Kennedy фото

“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining”
Чинить крыши следует, когда светит солнце.

John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America

by filling three basic gaps in our anti-recession protection.
1962, Second State of the Union Address

Michel De Montaigne фото

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”

Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman

La plus grande chose du monde, c'est de savoir être à soi.
Book I, Ch. 39
Essais (1595), Book I
Источник: The Complete Essays

Albert Einstein фото
Ernest Hemingway фото

“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country. ~ Horace in Odes, Book 3, Ode 2, Line 13, as translated in The Works of Horace by J. C. Elgood
Notes on the Next War (1935)

Napoleon Hill фото

“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”

Napoleon Hill книга Думай и богатей

Источник: Think and Grow Rich

Henry David Thoreau фото
Alexander Pope фото

“Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.”

Alexander Pope An Essay on Man

Источник: An Essay on Man

Marilyn Monroe фото
William Blake фото

“It is easier to forgive an Enemy than to forgive a Friend.”
Легче простить врага, чем друга.

William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist

Источник: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 4, plate 91, line 1

Napoleon Hill фото

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
Большинство великих людей достигли своих знаменательных успехов, решившись всего на один шаг после своего самого сокрушительного поражения.

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author
George Bernard Shaw цитата: “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
George Bernard Shaw фото

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
Те, кто не может изменить свое мнение, не могут ничего изменить.

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

Everybody's Political What's What? (ebook, must be borrowed) https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24979564M/Everybody's_political_what's_what (1944), Chapter XXXVII: Creed and Conduct, p. 330
1940s and later
Вариант: Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
Контексте: Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. Creeds, articles, and institutes of religious faith ossify our brains and make change impossible. As such they are nuisances, and in practice have to be mostly ignored.

Marilyn Monroe фото

“I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.”
Я восстанавливаюсь в одиночестве. Карьера рождается в обществе — талант в личной жизни.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

As quoted in Ms. magazine (August 1972) p. 40
Вариант: I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.

F. Scott Fitzgerald фото

“I'm a cynical idealist.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald книга По эту сторону рая

Источник: This Side of Paradise

Václav Havel фото

“The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.”
Спасение человечества заключено в сердце человека, в способности человека к самопознанию, в человеческой кротости и в человеческой ответственности.

Václav Havel (1936–2011) playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and 1st President of the Czech Republic

International Herald Tribune (21 February 1990)

Leo Buscaglia фото

“To try is to risk failure, but risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.”
Попытка - это риск провала, но риски должны быть приняты, потому что самая большая опасность в жизни - ничем не рисковать.

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer

Living, Loving, and Learning (1982)
Вариант: Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
Источник: Living Loving and Learning
Контексте: To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

Marilyn Monroe фото

“Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.”
Успех заставляет людей ненавидеть тебя. Как бы я хотела, чтобы такого со мной никогда не произошло. Было бы прекрасно наслаждаться успехом, не видя злость в глазах тех, кто окружает тебя.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

As quoted in The Films of Barbra Streisand (2001) by Christopher Nickens and Karen Swenson
Вариант: Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

Thomas Jefferson фото

“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America

Letter to Archibald Stuart http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/skjolly/jeffersonianfederalism.pdf http://books.google.com/books?id=ZTIoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA837#v=onepage&q=&f=false, Philadelphia (23 December 1791)
1790s
Вариант: I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it.
Источник: Letters of Thomas Jefferson

Oprah Winfrey фото
Jane Austen фото

“My good opinion once lost is lost forever.”
Моё доброе мнение, однажды потерянное, потеряно навсегда.

Jane Austen книга Pride and Prejudice

Источник: Pride and Prejudice

Mary Kay Ash фото
Ernest Hemingway фото
Paulo Coelho фото

“Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.”
Оставайся безумным, но поступай как обычный человек. Рискни быть другим, но научись делать это без привлечения внимания.

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Ralph Waldo Emerson фото

“Every artist was first an amateur.”
Каждый артист был сначала любителем.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Progress of Culture (see also: Art)
1870s, Society and Solitude (1870), Books, Letters and Social Aims http://www.rwe.org/comm/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=5&id=74&Itemid=149 (1876)

Jack Kerouac фото

“I am going to marry my novels and have little short stories for children.”
Я собираюсь жениться на своих романах и строчить маленькие рассказы для детей.

Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer

Kerouac, as quoted by Allen Ginsberg in The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice (2006), page 250.

William Saroyan фото

“When you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”

William Saroyan (1908–1981) American writer

Preface
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (1934)
Контексте: The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.

Jean Paul Sartre фото

“All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.”

Jean Paul Sartre книга Тошнота

Nausea (1938)

Madonna фото
John Steinbeck фото
Charles Bukowski фото

“I never met another man I'd rather be. And even if that's a delusion, it's a lucky one.”
Я никогда не встречал другого человека, с которым предпочел бы поменяться местами. И даже если это заблуждение, мне от этого легче.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

in Bukowski: Born Into This (2002)
Вариант: I've never met another man I'd rather be.

Martin Luther King, Jr. фото

“Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

Вариант: We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.

Marilyn Monroe фото

“All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.”
Все, чего хочет девушка – чтобы хоть один парень доказал ей, что не все парни одинаковые.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Lauren Bacall фото

“Imagination is the highest kite that can fly.”

Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) American actress, model

Источник: Lauren Bacall By Myself and Then Some (2005)

Napoleon Hill фото
F. Scott Fitzgerald фото

“New friends can often have a better time together than old friends.”
С новыми друзьями время порой пролетает веселее, чем со старыми.

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter

Источник: Tender is the Night

Martin Luther King, Jr. фото

“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.”
Ненависть парализует жизнь; любовь ее освобождает. Ненависть смущает жизнь; любовь ее гармонизирует. Ненависть омрачает жизнь; любовь ее освещает.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

Last paragraph of section III of Antidotes for fear, page 122 (see link at top of the section)
1960s, Strength to Love (1963)
Источник: A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

John Steinbeck фото

“Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.”
Иногда человек хочет быть глупым, если это позволяет ему делать то, что запрещает его ум.

John Steinbeck книга East of Eden

Источник: East of Eden

Charles Bukowski фото

“Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.”
Поэзия - это то, что происходит, когда больше ничего не может.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Jack London фото
John F. Kennedy фото

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.”
Изменения – закон жизни. И те, кто смотрит только в прошлое или только на настоящее, бесспорно – пропустят будущее.

John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America

Вариант: Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

F. Scott Fitzgerald фото

“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”
Это часть красоты всей литературы. Вы обнаруживаете, что ваши желания - это универсальные желания, что вы не одиноки и не изолированы ни от кого. Вы принадлежите.

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter
Salvador Dalí фото

“I don't do drugs. I'm drugs.”

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish artist

In an interview conducted by Paloma Chamorro in Madrid (Spain), 1982; as cited in Salvador Dalí: a la conquista de lo irracional, Javier Pérez Andújar (2003) p. 245
Quotes of Salvador Dali, 1981 - 1989
Вариант: I don't do drugs. I'm drugs.

Bob Dylan фото
Helen Keller фото

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.”

Helen Keller книга Optimism

Optimism (1903)
Вариант: Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement

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