It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

一个人所要求的并不是财富,而是足以维护他的尊严、不受束缚地工作、慷慨、坦率和独立。

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I believe that if creative people are open and generous enough when working with each other, a lot more can be learned and achieved by both parties. That's what it's all about, trying to produce the best work possible on any given project.

我相信,如果有创造力的人在合作时足够开放和慷慨,双方都可以学到更多,取得更多的成就。这就是它的意义所在,在任何给定的项目上,都要尽可能地做出最好的工作。

I am not generous about telling people who I am and what I like to do because it's my life and it only belongs to me and my friends and family.

我不会大方地告诉别人我是谁,我喜欢做什么,因为这是我的生活,它只属于我和我的朋友和家人。

Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.

尊严不是从天上飘下来的,它不是买来的,也不是制造出来的。这是留给那些勤奋工作的人的奖赏。

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

也许人唯一真正的尊严是能够鄙视自己。