1-Life is what happens when you are busy doing other plans
2-You can say that I am a dreamer but I am not the only one.
3-If all the world would demanded peace instead of a TV, would have peace
4-The reality lets so much at the imagination
5-When we went to school, I was asked what will I want to be when I grow, and I responded "happy", they told me that I didnt understand the question and I answered that they didn't understand life
6-There was a pair of teachers that focused/paid attention in me who keen on/encouraged to drawing and express myself. But the most part of time they insisted I should be a freaking dentist or a teacher.
7-Some are willing to everything, except living here and now
8-Everything is clear when you are in love.
Quotes From The LEGENDARY(1) John Lennon
ReplyDelete1-Life is what happens when you are busy MAKing other plans
2-You can say that I am a dreamer but I am not the only one.
3-If all the world would demanD peace instead of a TV, WE would have peace
4-[] Reality LEAVES so much TO the imagination(2)
5-When we went to school, I was asked what will I want to be when I grow UP, and I responded "happy", they told me that I didnt understand the question and I answered that they didn't understand life
6-There was a pair of teachers that paid attention TO me AND who encouraged ME to draW and express myself. But [] most [] of THE time they insisted THAT I should be a freaking dentist or a teacher.
7-Some are willing to DO everything, except TO livE here and now
8-Everything is clear when you are in love.
(1) "Mythical" would imply that he was not a real person.
(2) I consider "to leave to the imagination" an idiomatic expression. Here's another usage:
Pornographic magazines leave nothing to the imagination.
"Mythical" is an interesting topic because in Spanish is the same meaning but adding the meaning: a person who has been created around it a whole of idealized beliefs and images who turns it in a model. So we say: Greta Garbo es uno de los mitos del cine.
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Yes, interesting. The English "myth/mythical" does not have this sense. We attach that sense only to "legend/legendary".
ReplyDeleteHere's something humorous for you. We have the expression "a legend in his own time" which means that a person has taken on the attributes of a legend even while he is still alive. Perhaps Messi is already "a legend in his own time". At some point someone altered the expression to apply it an egotistical person - "a legend in his own mind".
However if we speak about "personaje mitológico"(instead of "mítico") is exactly the same that English, so to tell the truth, it would be the real translation. Mythical=mitológico.
ReplyDeleteElvis Presley fue un personaje mítico.
El unicornio fue un animal mitológico.
As to "legendario". We say "legendario" when we are speaking about a person who was able to make a great story with his/her life, epic and impressive story(leyenda). It is pretty used in westerns :) They are usually heroes.
El legendario Charlie Chaplin.
La leyenda de una ciudad sin nombre(Spanish title from "Paint Your Wagon"movie)