There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our being where we are today, and I think that to even to begin to understand our contemporary issues and contemporary problems, you have to understand a little bit about that history.

  • -- Wilma Mankiller 曼基勒

有很多历史因素在我们今天所处的位置上发挥了作用,我认为,要想开始理解我们当代的问题和当代的问题,你必须对那段历史有一点了解。

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The novel that's contemporary in the sense of being wholly 'of now' is an impossibility, if only because novels may take years to write, so the 'now' with which they begin will be defunct by the time they're finished.

从完全“当下”的意义上讲,当代小说是不可能的,因为小说可能要花好几年的时间来写,所以小说开头的“现在”在写完的时候就已经不存在了。

I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now.

我不认为自己是一个历史偶像,但事实是,是的,我现在是在为历史而战。

I am not very moved by historical apologies.

我对历史上的道歉并不十分感动。