Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.

  • -- George Will 乔治·威尔

政客之所以吸引人,是因为他们构成了这样一个悖论;他们是一个精英,为了公共利益而完成平庸。

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I don't know why men are so fascinated with television and I think it has something to do with - if I may judge from my own father, who used to sit and stare at the TV while my mother was speaking to him - I think that's a man's way of tuning out.

我不知道男人为什么是如此着迷于电视,我认为这与——如果我可以从我自己的父亲,曾经坐在那里盯着电视,我的妈妈对他说——我认为这是一个男人的方式调优。

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

无聊只是魅力的反面:两者都依赖于外在而非内在的情境,而其中一个会导致另一个。

It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find.

很难说政客为什么被称为仆人,除非是因为很难找到一个好仆人。

The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.

记者们唯一说政客坏话的人是其他政客。