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There was nothing noble-minded men could not do when they discovered they could slap time on their wrists just like that.

  • -- Jamaica Kincaid 牙买加·琴凯德

当高尚的人发现他们可以这样打发时间时，没有什么是做不到的。

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Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.

很少有人能称得上具有无可比拟的优点。让我们看看他们从幼年到成年的成长过程，我们很快就会相信，他们所取得的成就是他们所追求的事业和所使用的手段的必然结果。

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Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

有一天，在掌握了风、浪、潮汐和重力之后，我们将为上帝驾驭爱的能量，然后，人类将在世界历史上第二次发现火。

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Elections are a competition with only one winner. Giving more money to the opponent every time one speaks on behalf of a favored candidate discourages the speech that triggers the matching funds.

选举是一场只有一个获胜者的竞赛。每次代表受欢迎的候选人发言时给对手更多的钱，会阻碍引发匹配资金的发言。

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Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.

人是会变化的，变化就像黎明时分吹皱窗帘的微风，它就像藏在草丛里野花的幽香。

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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.

任何时候，当你在一间屋子里遇到两个人，他们对任何事情都有不同的看法，在一天的时间里，都有一个场景是可以写下来的。这就是我要找的。

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I suddenly discovered that acting made girls notice me.

我突然发现表演能让女孩们注意到我。

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