Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.

  • -- Eric Hoffer 埃里克·霍弗

社会进步更容易通过对结果质量的关注而不是单纯的动机来实现。

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I think the real reason for my improvement is because I had such a long period in the off-season just working as hard as I could on all my new dives; making sure I did lots of repetition to get them consistent.

我认为我进步的真正原因是因为我在休赛期有很长一段时间,在我所有的新动作上都尽我所能地努力;确保我做了很多重复来让它们保持一致。

I think if we're going to have to landfill trash, and I think we basically have to, we might as well get the upside for it and dedicate that upside to improving the environment in so many different ways.

我认为,如果我们必须填埋垃圾,而且我认为我们基本上也必须填埋垃圾,那么我们不妨从好处入手,把好处用很多不同的方式来改善环境。

Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment.

环境质量得到了极大的改善,而经济活动的增长则是由于从汽油中除去铅这一简单的权宜之计- -使铅无法进入环境。

The motive for a deed usually changes during its performance: at least, after the deed has been done, it seems quite different.

行为的动机通常在其执行过程中发生变化:至少,在行为完成之后,看起来是完全不同的。

I dream of a better world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned.

我梦想有一个更美好的世界,在那里鸡可以过马路而不被质疑它们的动机。

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

如果我们不为人类服务,我们应该为谁服务呢?

The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

最有效的乐器都有音质。

Fiction is socially Fiction meaningful.

小说是具有社会意义的小说。