I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

我想,没有什么,甚至没有犯罪,比这种没完没了的工作更反对诗歌,更反对哲学,更反对生活本身了。

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When the object that is produced, the photographic image has the ability to make tears come to your eyes; to inspire you to the point where you have to catch your breath, then nothing else matters.

当物体被制造出来的时候,摄影图像有能力让你流泪;为了激励你,让你喘口气,其他的都不重要了。

We went to dinner and healed the wounds, at least to a certain degree. But I hope he understands the hurt he did to me. He put the boot into a pal and I don't think you should do that.

我们去吃晚饭,治愈了伤口,至少在一定程度上。但我希望他能理解他对我造成的伤害。他把靴子扔给了一个朋友,我认为你不应该那样做。

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?

你会把你的薪水赌在明天的天气预报上吗?如果不是,那么为什么这个国家要把数十亿美元押在基础更薄弱的全球变暖预测上呢?

Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.

我国的国家犯罪是私刑。它不是一个小时的产物,不是突然爆发的无法控制的愤怒,也不是一个疯狂的暴民说不出的暴行。

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

一个人的头脑总有办法在幕后发挥作用,他的意图突然变得清晰起来。

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

上帝赐予我勇气,让我不放弃我认为是正确的,即使我认为它是无望的。

We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.

我们需要一种爱国主义,承认那些反对我们的人的优点。

Literature is a state of culture, poetry is a state of grace, before and after culture.

文学是一种文化的状态,诗歌是一种优雅的状态,前后都是文化。

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

我不希望艺术只为少数人而存在,就像不希望教育只为少数人而存在,不希望自由只为少数人而存在。

Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.

只有当一个人日复一日地用生命去换别的东西而不是生命本身时,生命才有意义。

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.

腐败犯罪的共犯往往是我们自己的冷漠。

Being happy you're finished with school. Realize you have nothing else to do.

很高兴你完成了学业。意识到你无事可做。

In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

在艺术中,手永远不能执行高于心所能想象的任何事情。

You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.

你知道,人们一直在用诗歌说话。他们只是没有意识到。

Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history.

每一个生命都是不同的,因为你走过这条路,触动了历史。

Being well adjusted to a sick society is not an indication of health.

良好地适应一个病态的社会并不意味着健康。

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

我完全反对代金券。我要和他们打得你死我活。

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.

但在内心深处,我不仅仅是一名摄影师。

Writing is an incessant process of discovery.

写作是一个不断发现的过程。