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Letter "R" » retreat
«To translate, one must have a style of his own, for otherwise the translation will have no rhythm or nuance, which come from the process of artistically thinking through and molding the sentences; they cannot be reconstituted by piecemeal imitation. The problem of translation is to retreat to a simpler tenor of one's own style and creatively adjust this to one's author.»
Author: Paul Goodman
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Keywords:
adjust,
artistically,
author,
creatively,
imitation,
molding,
moldings,
nuance,
nuances,
piecemeal,
retreat,
rhythm,
sentences,
simpler,
tenor,
Tenors,
thought process,
translate,
translation,
translations
«The question is not whether a community lives or dies, the question is on what plane does it live. There are different modes of survival. But all are not equally honorable. For an individual as well as a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily. To fight in a battle and live in a glory is one mode. To beat a retreat to surrender and to live the life of a captive is also a mode of survival.»
«The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.»
Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt
(
President)
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About:
Fear
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Keywords:
advance,
convert,
efforts,
nameless,
needed,
paralyzes,
paralyzing,
retreat,
terror,
unjustified,
unreasoning
«The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue»
Author: Mao Tse-Tung
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About:
Enemies
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Keywords:
Advances,
attack,
camping,
camps,
harass,
harassed,
harasses,
pursue,
retreat,
retreats,
tires
«The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. They come to be accepted by degrees, by dint of constant pressure on one side and constant retreat on the other - until one day when they are suddenly declared to be the country's official ideology.»
Author: Ayn Rand
(
Novelist,
Writer)
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Keywords:
absurdities,
declared,
degrees,
dint,
ideology,
official,
pressure,
retreat,
slogans,
uncontested
«Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.»
«Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(
Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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About:
Men and Women
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Keywords:
Advances,
begins,
blocked,
blocking,
block out,
ends,
end man,
His,
resisting,
retreat,
retreated,
retreating,
retreats,
woman
«Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(
Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
Advances,
begins,
blocked,
blocking,
block out,
ends,
resisting,
retreat,
retreated,
retreating,
retreats