"When someone tells you that they are clear about who the good and bad guys are in Palestine, in Ukraine, in Sierra Leone, anywhere in the world, either they are stupid or they have been taught wrong. Don't have the slightest doubt" (Arturo Pérez Reverte).

«Cuando alguien os diga que tiene claro quiénes son los buenos y malos en Palestina, en Ucrania, en Sierra Leona, en cualquier lugar del mundo, o es tonto o se lo han explicado mal. No os quepa la menor duda» (Arturo Pérez Reverte).

"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves" (Alan Watts).

«El significado de la vida es simplemente estar vivo. Es tan sencillo y tan obvio y tan simple. Y aun así todo el mundo corre por ahí presa de un gran pánico como si fuera necesario que logren algo más allá de ellos mismos» (Alan Watts).

"'We are deeply concerned.' When you hear a bureaucrat say 'we are deeply concerned' about something, it means they are not going to do absolutely anything to remedy it. They are 'deeply concerned' about the invasion of Ukraine, and before they were 'deeply concerned' about the massacres in Donbas. They are deeply concerned about the ethnic cleansing in Nagorno Karabakh, or about that in Myanmar. Remember, 'deeply concerned' is the same as 'there are no economic interests'" (Adrián Díaz).

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"'Success has no taste, or smell. And once you get used to it, it's as if it didn't exist'" (Pedro Almodóvar, All About My Mother).

«—El éxito no tiene sabor, ni olor. Y una vez te acostumbras a él es como si no existiera» (Pedro Almodóvar, Todo sobre mi madre).

"'Putting such high expectations of perfection on something is a recipe for disaster'" (Gillian Berrow, My Little Pony: Make Your Mark).

«—Poner tan altas expectativas de perfección en algo es una receta para el desastre» (Gillian Berrow, My Little Pony: Deja tu marca).

"'You take everything as a compliment.'
'That's right, and so should you; You save yourself from uncomfortable situations'" (Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey).

«—Tú te lo tomas todo como un cumplido.
»—Así es, y tú también deberías hacerlo; te ahorras situaciones incómodas» (Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey).

"'If you don't aim for anything, you won't achieve anything'" (Destin Cretton, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings).

«—Si no apuntas a nada, no alcanzarás nada» (Destin Cretton, Shang-Chi y la leyenda de los diez anillos).

"The four fundamental genres of propaganda are: cinema, social networks, advertising and journalism. In none of these genres is there literature" (Jesús González Maestro).

«Los cuatro géneros de propaganda fundamentales son: el cine, las redes sociales, la publicidad y el periodismo. En ninguno de estos géneros hay literatura» (Jesús González Maestro).

"'Darling, when a tragedy happens, we try to find a culprit, and in the absence of a candidate we tend to blame ourselves'" (Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey).

«—Querido, cuando sucede una tragedia, tratamos de hallar un culpable, y a falta de un candidato solemos culparnos a nosotros mismos» (Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey).

"'A harsh reality is better than a false hope'" (Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey).

«—Una dura realidad es mejor que una falsa esperanza» (Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey).