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。

The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations; sometimes its artistic value is as extraordinary as its archaeological interest, but not always.

全世界都知道有大量的史诗材料散布在各个国家;有时,它的艺术价值和考古价值一样非同寻常,但并非总是如此。

Maybe, one other match better; but if you look at the tournament as a whole, I played very high quality tennis for seven matches and raised my game when I needed to.

也许,另一个匹配得更好;但如果你从整个锦标赛的角度来看,我打了七场高质量的网球,在需要的时候提高了我的水平。

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.

这个世界组织在一个房间里就裁军问题进行辩论,在另一个房间里又调动使国家军备成为当务之急的骑士和卒子。

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.

如果人们敢于毫无保留地彼此交谈,一百年后的世界将会少很多悲伤。

Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.

幻想,被理智抛弃,产生不可能的怪物;与之相结合,她是艺术之母,奇迹之源。

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.

突然的分辨率,就像气压计中汞的突然上升一样,只能表明天气的变化。

They say Formula One is a market which it can't be, obviously. Our market is independent, it's a sport.

他们说一级方程式是一个市场,但显然不是。我们的市场是独立的,它是一项运动。

Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico.

国会将把奴隶制排除在未来可能从墨西哥获得的任何领土之外。

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.

在人类的本性中,没有什么比向我们的同类行善的倾向更像上帝了。

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。

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

宁可为你的本来面目而被恨,也不要为你的本来面目而被爱。

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。

Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.

虽然我没有商科学位,但我喜欢学习经济学。

When you say we're bringing a product to market, you make sure you execute.

当你说我们要把产品推向市场时,你要确保你的执行力。

The Rose is without an explanation; She blooms, because She blooms.

玫瑰没有任何解释;她绽放,因为她绽放。

Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.

时间是大自然防止一切同时发生的一种方式。

Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.

一切都很有趣,只要是发生在别人身上。

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

教育比常备军更能保障自由。

Congress is unpopular. Incumbents are unpopular.

国会是不受欢迎的。现任者是不受欢迎的。

I'm not the most talkative guy in the world.

我不是世界上最健谈的人。

Our intention creates our reality.

我们的意图创造了我们的现实。

I love the arts.

我热爱艺术。