All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved.

  • -- Elizabeth Bowen 伊丽莎白·鲍恩

在你年轻的时候,你希望自己的伟大被认为是理所当然的;当你发现这是理所当然的,你就会感到不安。

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Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.

今天,人们期望你能了解公众人物。在过去,更重要的是你做了什么以及你如何展现自己。

But TV has changed completely. It's not until you come into people's homes that everyone says, 'You're a success now.'

但是电视已经完全改变了。直到你走进人们的家里,每个人都说,“你现在是一个成功人士。”

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed.

伟大的英雄需要巨大的悲伤和负担,否则他们的一半伟大会被忽视。

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it .is greatness.

做必须做的事。这也许不是幸福,但却是伟大。