It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

  • -- Ivan Goncharov 伊凡·冈查罗夫

不诚实人的计谋,是献上不需要的祭物,或是献上不可能的祭物,免得献上所需要的。

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I was interested in opera and it seemed to me that the only possible theatre for contemporary opera would be television. So I started working towards a kind of television kind of opera.

我对歌剧很感兴趣,在我看来,当代歌剧唯一可能的剧场就是电视。所以我开始致力于一种电视,一种歌剧。

You are going to have hostile crowds and the fans are going to find out where you are staying and keep you awake at night. They are going to use everything possible.

你会遇到充满敌意的人群,球迷们会发现你住在哪里,让你彻夜难眠。他们将使用一切可能的方法。

There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.

作为一名演员,我尽量避免做某些事情,只是为了不让我的世界变得尽可能狭窄。

I don't hate you, i'd just rather avoid you completely.

我不恨你,我只是想完全避开你。