[T]he true is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as the right is only the expedient in the way of our thinking.

  • -- William James 威廉·詹姆斯

真理只是我们思维方式中的权宜之计,正如权利只是我们思维方式中的权宜之计一样。

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If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky.

如果有一个好的音乐原因,我认为它可能会吸引更多的关注和销售,虽然这并不能保证。要制作一张没有音乐原因的唱片,你要么是一个自动销售的流行歌星,要么就是运气好。

Today, my best wasn't enough to win the game. At the end of the day, you're not saying, 'I went out there and battled and only gave up one run.' I'm mad at myself that I gave up the home run.

今天,我的最好成绩不足以赢得比赛。在一天结束的时候,你并不是在说,‘我出去战斗,只放弃了一次跑步。我为自己放弃了本垒打而生自己的气。

A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that.

我去的很多地方都很危险,像特拉维夫或里约热内卢,但这从来没有阻止我去那里表演。我有很好的安全感。我不担心这个。

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

伟人比他们的下级有一个最大的优势,那就是有和他们一样好的仆人。

We are here on earth to do good for others. What the others are here for, I don't know.

我们在地球上是为他人做好事的。其他人来这里干什么,我不知道。

Ethics is not about the way things are, it's about the way they ought to be.

道德不是事物的本来面目,而是它们应该是怎样的。