The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.

  • -- Vladimir Nabokov 弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫

一个人的性格越有天赋、越健谈,他们在语气或思想色彩上与作者相似的可能性就越大。

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I do feel we can create more jobs and opportunities for Jersey City residents, but in the spirit of free enterprise, I do not think it is right to force companies to hire a fixed percentage of local residents.

我确实觉得我们可以为泽西城的居民创造更多的就业和机会,但本着自由企业的精神,我认为强迫公司雇佣固定比例的当地居民是不对的。

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state. Like beams in a house or bones to a body, so is order to all things.

秩序是头脑的健全,身体的健康,城市的和平,国家的安全。秩序之于万物,犹如房屋之梁,房屋之骨。

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.

艺术产生丑陋的东西,而丑陋的东西往往随着时间的推移而变得更加美丽。另一方面,时尚产生的美丽的东西总是随着时间变得丑陋。

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.

我不等待情绪。如果你那样做,你将一事无成。你的大脑必须知道它必须开始工作。