Terry Teachout Quotes

Yes, translation is by definition an inadequate substitute for being able to read a masterpiece in the original.

Terry Teachout

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 6, 1956

Topics

MasterpieceYesOriginalBeingAble

I've found a different way to scent the air: already it's a by-word for despair.

Andrew Motion

WayScentAirDespairDifferent

You can't start with imbalance and end with peace, be that in your own body, in an ecosystem or between a government and its people. What we need to strive for is not perfection, but balance.

Ani DiFranco

PeacePerfectionBalanceGovernment

In Washington, particularly, the loyal opposition has a job to be the opposition. But you can't stop there.

Jeb Bush

JobYouStopWashingtonOpposition

My uncle is a martial artist, and in the early '80s, he made a kung fu flick with director Charlie Ahearn.

Michael Che

ArtistEarlyUncleDirectorMadeHe

Even after I won the Oscar, my phone did not ring. No one called me to fund films or offer projects.

Roger Ross Williams

MePhoneRingOfferEvenDid

Obama's Justice Department has also targeted Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Sheriff Joe bills himself as America's Toughest Sheriff for good reason. Maricopa County is responsible for one out of every four deportations in the country.

Russell Pearce

GoodJusticeAmericaCountryReason

One does not become fully human painlessly.

Rollo May

BecomeHumanDoesFully

I try to just focus on what feels right to me when I am conceiving it, conceptualizing, designing, etc. and then talk it through with the team and listen to what they have to say. This kind of thing is a team effort, and working with a great team is the most important part of filmmaking for me.

Miguel Sapochnik

GreatFocusI AmEffortMeTeam

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

Miguel de Cervantes

KnowledgeYourselfYouVanityWill

I'm grateful that I have a theater career because television isn't kind to you when you're over forty.

Michael Learned

GratefulYouCareerTelevisionKind

I grew up and I kind of took the road of becoming a pilot, which was another dream I had of flying, and once I did attend the air force academy, that dream of flying became more like a project, and I wanted to be a fighter pilot, which I did. I became a fighter pilot.

Luca Parmitano

RoadFlyingDreamKindPilotMore

I set out to create chips that used low-energy technology, and that has allowed me to develop devices that can do all their data crunching on site.

Chris Toumazou

TechnologyMeDataCreateOutUsed

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