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One is either destroyed by adapting or for refusing to.
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Herta Muller
German
Novelist
Born:
Aug 17
,
1953
Topics
Adapting
,
Destroyed
,
Refusing
,
Either
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Ahmed Zewail
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I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.
Andrew Davies
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Does
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Too often, nonprofits are viewed as rigid and bureaucratic - less nimble and capable of adapting in this fluid environment than our corporate counterparts. I don't agree.
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Viewed
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My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again!
Ben Elton
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Learnt
Anyone
Again
Then
Novel
Away
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