The best that an individual can do is to concentrate on what he or she can do, in the course of a burning effort to do it better.

  • -- Elizabeth Bowen 伊丽莎白·鲍恩

一个人能做的最好的事情就是集中精力做他或她能做的,在一个燃烧的努力过程中做得更好。

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My body started to shut down. I got really, really ill. When you're starving yourself, you can't concentrate. I was like a walking zombie, like the walking dead. I was just consumed with what I would eat, what I wouldn't eat.

我的身体开始停止工作。我病得非常非常严重。当你饿着肚子的时候,你无法集中注意力。我就像行尸走肉一样。我只想着吃什么,不吃什么。

The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.

我第一次让个人压力影响到我。我对此很紧张。当我看到这一打击正在进行时,我松了一口气。

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail.

每一个实验,无论是群众还是个人,只要有一个肉欲和自私的目的,都将失败。

It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.

尝试做许多事比集中精力做一件事容易得多。