By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

  • -- Claude Adrien Helvetius 克劳德·阿德里安·海尔维提乌斯

通过消灭欲望,你也消灭了思想。每个没有激情的人都没有行动的原则,也没有行动的动机。

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As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that.

作为一个剧作家,你可以覆盖很多海滨地区,而不需要在这些领域与专家抗衡。我对此并不抱有幻想。

I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you're able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-interview.

当我们开始对话时,我想要的是,你们能够进行的那种对话,而我知道的唯一方法就是不要进行预面试。

Dissonance is as fatal in ailments of the mind as it is in those of the body.

失调对于精神疾病和身体疾病一样是致命的。

A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.

一个人的思想习惯告诉他的比七个坐在塔里的看守人还要多。

If you want to truly understand something, try to change it.

如果你想真正理解某件事,试着去改变它。

All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.

所有的指纹画都没有网格。