I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.

  • -- Cassandra Wilson 卡珊卓·威尔森

当我听到别人说我是一名爵士歌手时,我常常畏缩不前。我一直认为自己是一名爵士歌手。

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I once thought that I was the only man that persevered to be the friend of the white man, but since they have come and cleaned out our lodges, horses, and everything else, it is hard for to believe the white man any more.

我曾经认为我是唯一一个坚持要和白人做朋友的人,但是自从他们来了,把我们的小屋、马和其他一切都清理干净以后,我就再也不能相信白人了。

I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.

我对我所做的感到满足。我从来没有想过很多钱或漂亮的衣服——生活中更美好的东西——会让你幸福。我对幸福的理解是精神上的。

I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.

我还没有机会在奥运会马拉松比赛中为自己正名。我还没能在没有受伤的情况下参加奥运会马拉松比赛。

To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell.

只根据对自己的影响来考虑人、事件和情况,无异于生活在地狱的门口。