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The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

  • -- Hendrik Willem van Loon 亨德里克·威廉·房龙

艺术比股市或国会辩论更能反映我们这个世界正在发生的事情。

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I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I believe that I have a unique, dual perspective. To sidestep any biases I might have, I use the objective lens of the stock market to discover which policies actually delivered prosperity to emerging markets.

我出生在牙买加，但在著名的第一世界学府接受教育，现在在那里工作，所以我相信我有一个独特的、双重的视角。为了避免我可能存在的任何偏见，我利用股市的客观视角，来发现哪些政策实际上给新兴市场带来了繁荣。

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I'm sorry, it's true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We're born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It's been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much - if at all.

对不起，这是真的。有孩子真的会改变你对这些事情的看法。我们出生，只活了短暂的一瞬间，然后就死了。这已经发生很长时间了。技术并没有给它带来多大改变——如果有的话。

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I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately.

我讨厌市场力量试图把我们划分到合适的人群中——基本上是为了卖东西给我们。我们需要找到我们可以一起享受的故事，而不是分开。

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Or heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.

或者是遗产和理想，我们的准则和标准——我们赖以生存和教给孩子们的东西——被我们如何自由地交流思想和感情所保留或削弱。

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There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

任何两个人之间的差别，都不可能比同一个人、情人和丈夫之间的差别更大。

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It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

对我们的朋友来说，重要的是要相信我们对他们是毫无保留的坦诚，而对友谊来说，重要的是我们不是。

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Never think you're better than anyone else, but don't let anyone treat you like you're worse than they are.

永远不要认为自己比别人好，但是不要让别人把你看得比他们差。

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Even when the world throws it worst and then turns in its back, there is still always hope.

即使世界把它摔得最惨，然后又折回来，仍然有希望。

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Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

气压计,n。字体这是一种巧妙的仪器，能显示我们现在的天气状况。

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That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems.

我们这个时代的文学作品就是以这样一种方式呈现的，它在辩论问题。

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William BlakeYou never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

你永远不知道什么是足够的，除非你知道什么是足够的。

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It's hard to market a movie when you're at the mercy of critics and journalists.

当你受评论家和记者摆布时，你很难推销一部电影。

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In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

在我们这个时代，通往圣洁的道路必然要经过行动的世界。

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It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

说服男人去做甚至是对他们自己有益的事情都需要时间。

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To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

影响一天的质量，那是艺术的最高境界。

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The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them.

辩论的目的是探讨问题，而不是结束问题。

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Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime.

在国会服务是我一生的荣耀。

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No one can give you better advice than yourself.

没有人能给你比你自己更好的建议。

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Congress is unpopular. Incumbents are unpopular.

国会是不受欢迎的。现任者是不受欢迎的。

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Judge not of a ship as she lies on the stocks.

不要对一艘船评头论足。

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In any of the arts, you never stop learning.

在任何一门艺术中，你都不会停止学习。

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Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

甚至拿破仑也有水门事件。

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