In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does not require any shocks and inner upheavals; it is only through such upheavals that the more conservative mind could accommodate to the metropolitan rhythm of events.

  • -- Georg Simmel 齐美尔

为了适应变化和现象的对比,智力不需要任何冲击和内在的剧变;只有经历了这样的巨变,保守的人才能适应大都市的节奏。

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We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.

我们是这个星球上唯一拥有如此丰富内心生活的生物,以至于对我们来说最重要的不是事件本身,而是我们如何解读这些事件,这些事件将决定我们如何看待自己,以及我们未来将如何行动。

Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all activities and mutual relations into a stable and impersonal time schedule.

因此,如果没有把所有的活动和相互关系最准时地整合到一个稳定而客观的时间表中,都市生活的技巧是无法想象的。

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

永远不要成为悲观主义者……悲观主义者比乐观主义者更经常是正确的,但乐观主义者更有乐趣,而且两者都无法阻止事态的发展。

There's art in rhythm playing. Just find it. Make your own art. Find your place, and when it's your time to solo, it's your time to shine.

节奏演奏是艺术。只是找到它。创造你自己的艺术。找到你的位置,当你独自一人的时候,就是你闪耀的时候。

Spielberg gave us three takes before saying anything to us. Since then, I do that, three takes, to let the actors find their rhythm.

斯皮尔伯格给了我们三次机会才开口。从那以后,我这样做了三次,让演员找到他们的节奏。