The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

-- Jonathan Swift 乔纳森·斯威夫特

通过削减我们的欲望来满足我们的需求，这种坚忍的计划就像当我们想要鞋子的时候砍掉我们的脚一样。

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When I went to school, you had to take art, you had to play an instrument. You had to play an instrument. But it's all degraded since then. I do not know what kind of nation we are that is cutting art, music, and gym out of the public-school curriculum.

当我上学的时候，你必须学习艺术，你必须演奏乐器。你必须演奏乐器。但从那时起，一切都退化了。我不知道我们是什么样的国家，把艺术、音乐和体育从公立学校的课程中剔除。

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It's so exciting to be doing radio on the cutting edge of technology. Being in on something new is the biggest thrill in the world.

在科技前沿做广播真是太令人兴奋了。世界上最激动人心的事莫过于发现新事物。

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What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

钱是什么?如果一个人早上起床，晚上睡觉，中间做他想做的事，他就是一个成功的人。

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Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding.

渴望超越理智的知识分子。

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