The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.

  • -- William Lloyd Garrison 加里森

人民的冷漠足以使每一座雕像从基座上跃起,加速死者的复活。

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That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and customs, does not disprove the fact of the oppressions, while the satisfaction of the many, if real only proves their apathy and deeper degradation.

在任何情况下,只有少数人抗议长期存在的法律和习俗的不公正,但这并不能证明压迫的事实是不成立的,而许多人的满足,如果是真实的,只能证明他们的冷漠和更深的堕落。

When I got a telly we had no aerial, but I discovered that if I or one of the children stood by it you could get a picture. So I had to make a statue that could stand by the telly.

当我拿到一台电视机时,我们没有天线,但我发现,如果我或其中一个孩子站在它旁边,你就能拍到一张照片。所以我不得不做一个可以站在电视机旁的雕像。

I've learned that being a celebrity is like being a sacrificial lamb. At some point, no matter how high the pedestal that they put you on, they're going to tear you down.

我明白了成为名人就像成为一只牺牲的羔羊。在某个时刻,不管他们把你放在多么高的基座上,他们都会把你推倒。

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?

为什么你要急着移除任何伤害你眼睛的东西,而如果有什么东西影响了你的灵魂,你就把治疗推迟到明年?

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

采取一种方法并加以尝试是常识。如果失败了,坦率地承认,再试一次。但最重要的是,尝试一些事情。

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

我建议在西海岸建一座负责任的雕像作为自由女神像的补充。

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.

我们的分分秒秒,都像波浪涌向卵石海岸,急匆匆地奔向终点。

We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.

我们从基座上下来,从洗衣房上下来。