A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

  • -- Otto von Bismarck 奥托·冯·俾斯麦

一个政治家……你要等他听见神的脚步经过,就跳起来,抓住他的衣襟。

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I feel that the music that I do is somewhat of a lost art and it's not as popular as dance or pop music and people are not as interested in it. But it's something that I believe in and I feel that it's needed, so that's why I do it and I will keep doing it until everybody hears it and gets it.

我觉得我做的音乐有点像一门失传的艺术,它不像舞蹈或流行音乐那么受欢迎,人们对它也不那么感兴趣。但这是我所信仰的,我觉得这是必要的,所以这就是为什么我要这么做,我将继续这样做,直到每个人都听到并理解它。

Nashville is a lot like my hometown. You learn so quickly once someone hears something about you or sees something, everybody talks about it at dinner. They know your business, so people tend to be more private and not to throw themselves into everyone's faces.

纳什维尔和我的家乡很像。一旦有人听到或看到关于你的事情,每个人都会在晚餐时谈论它。他们了解你的业务,所以人们往往更注重隐私,不会把自己投入到每个人的面前。

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

保持的性格和改进的能力,综合起来,将是我作为一个政治家的标准。

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.

重要的是时刻的质量,而不是天数、事件或演员的数量。

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

如果你从来没有扔雪球的冲动,衰老的过程就会牢牢地把你抓在手中。

People don't come out for book events. They want to feel an emotion and be entertained.

人们不出来读书。他们想要感受一种情感,想要得到娱乐。

Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.

有时候,你需要数年的时间才能真正理解你的生活到底发生了什么。

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

政治家不能当道德家。