The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

今天的偶像把昨天的英雄从我们的记忆中推开;反过来,他也将被明天的继任者所取代。

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You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

今天,你最好活出最好的自己,做最好的自己,想最好的自己;因为今天是对明天以及以后所有明天的肯定准备。

And understand that scarce spectrum is used today for example for cell phone operators, they have to pay for the airwaves they use, for their services.

要知道,今天使用的是稀缺的频谱例如,对于手机运营商来说,他们必须为他们使用的电波和服务付费。

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self.

没有英雄就是没有抱负,生活在过去的动力,被抛回到常规,感官和狭隘的自我。

This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.

这周我读了很多书,但做的很少。事情应该是这样的。那肯定是成功之路。

Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it.

回忆不是我能唤起的东西,它只是来了,而我是它的仆人。

If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.

如果你选举一个日场偶像市长,你将会有一个音乐喜剧管理部门。

I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.

我不需要继任者,只愿意亲手接过新一代的火炬。

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

英雄是把自己的生命奉献给比自己更伟大的事情的人。

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

我主要的记忆是为了吃饭我不得不做的工作。

If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.

如果罗斯福今天还活着,他会在坟墓里翻来覆去。

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may be for us and it may not.

昨天已经过去。明天可能属于我们,也可能不属于。

If you never give up, you'll be successful.

如果你永不放弃,你就会成功。

A maker of idols is never an idolater.

造偶像的,决不是拜偶像的。