An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

一个爱炫耀的人宁可把他所犯的错误或荒谬的事说出来,也不愿被禁止谈论他自己心爱的人。

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My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are, they're interested in you.

我的父母非常棒,非常活跃。我发现很难这么说,但我是一个很有爱心的人,我一直爱着我的朋友。从长远来看,这是值得的。我对其他人很感兴趣,如果你对他们感兴趣,他们也会对你感兴趣。

All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this character just honestly. If the humor is within the absurdity and the awfulness of situations, then let it be seen that way.

我所要做的就是尽可能地认真和敏锐地构思一个角色,并诚实地刻画这个角色。如果幽默是在荒谬和可怕的情况下,那么让它被这样看待。

I'm not a person or a selfish player, but we have to move the ball more, and we have to look further the team game, because we have enough talent to use different players.

我不是一个自私的球员,但我们必须更多地移动球,我们必须更长远地看待团队比赛,因为我们有足够的天赋来使用不同的球员。

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

说话要得体,尽量少说话,但一定要简明扼要;因为言语的结局,不是炫耀,乃是叫人明白。

There's so much absurdity. Poverty is so absurd.

有那么多荒谬。贫穷是如此荒谬。