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| Subject | English | Russian |
| lit. | Like most great film makers, he began as an artist, and was gradually overwhelmed by the need to prove himself as a businessman. He was not only harassed by the need to marry God and Moloch in his work, he was harassed by the need to marry them in himself. | Подобно большинству великих кинематографистов, он начинал как художник, но постепенно поддался необходимости утвердиться как бизнесмен. Вынужденное поклонение и Богу, и Молоху разъедало не только его искусство, но и душу. (Ch. Higham) |
| Игорь Миг, inf. | not to be great | не фонтан (в рус. преимущ. беглаг. констр.: Пару дней назад покупал бананы очень дешево, но качество не фонтан (A few days ago I bought some really cheap bananas, but the quality wasn't great (Michele Berdy).20) |
| idiom. | we are not just sitting around and waiting for the business to be great | фирма веников не вяжет (Taras) |