Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when abandoned.

  • -- William Bartram 巴特拉姆

当被遗弃时,一些鸟类部落会救助和抚养他们自己和其他部落中无助的幼鸟。

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My kids say if there's any family dinner that doesn't result in somebody crying, it's not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. It's like a family tradition.

我的孩子们说,如果有什么家庭聚餐不会让人哭,那就不是一顿好饭。他们哭是因为哭可以帮助他们减轻罪恶感或一些沉重的情感负担。这就像一个家庭传统。

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes.

我把“黑人”和“女权主义者”这两个词合在一起,因为我身边的黑人女性都很坚强,她们总是认为自己必须工作、抚养孩子和管理家庭。

If you go back in time you'll find tribes that were essentially only concerned with their own tribal members. If you were a member of another tribe, you could be killed with impunity.

如果你回到过去,你会发现部落基本上只关心他们自己的部落成员。如果你是另一个部落的成员,你可能会被杀而不受惩罚。

If the history of the Day of Atonement has anything to say to us now it is: never relieve individuals of moral responsibility. The more we have, the more we grow.

如果说赎罪日的历史对我们有什么启示的话,那就是:永远不要免除个人的道德责任。我们拥有的越多,成长的就越多。

No on should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke

任何人都不应该因为看到职责的缺陷而放弃职责。每一个行动,每一个活动,都被缺陷所包围,就像火被烟所包围一样

Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them.

那些欣赏简单部落生活方式的人,他们的每一项活动都是直接的,可以立即理解的,他们能够与简单部落生活在一起。

Never comment on a woman's rear end. Never use the words "large" or "size" with "rear end." Never. Avoid the area altogether. Trust me.

永远不要评论女人的屁股。永远不要用“大”或“尺寸”和“尾部”这样的词。从来没有。完全避开这个区域。相信我。

The gentle and respectful ways of saying to hell with you are being abandoned.

对你说“见鬼去吧”这种温和而尊重的方式正在被抛弃。

Though the sky belongs to the bird it can't fly when it's raining.

虽然天空是鸟的,但它不能在下雨的时候飞。

Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them.

坏人为他们的错误辩解;好人抛弃他们。

London is a roost for every bird.

伦敦是每只鸟的栖息地。