Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

每一代人都认为自己比前一代人更聪明,比后一代人更聪明。

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I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they're the voice of God. I think it's just honest to say, yes, you know where I'm coming from but you can fact-check anything I say.

我想我们这一代的很多人都对主流媒体的中立立场感到困惑,他们认为自己是上帝的声音。我想说实话,是的,你知道我来自哪里,但你可以核实我说的任何话。

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

崇高的智慧、想象力或两者都不能造就天才。爱,爱,爱,那是天才的灵魂。

Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.

进步是每一代人对其前辈犯下的不公。

I guess I'm a very keen observer, and I'd like to think I have a good imagination.

我想我是一个非常敏锐的观察者,我想我有很好的想象力。