To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.

  • -- Mark Twain 马克·吐温

要对一个著名人物的性格作出公正的评价,就必须以他所处时代的标准,而不是以我们这个时代的标准来判断。

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Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in His hand Who saith, ‘A whole I planned, Youth shows but half ; trust God: See all nor be afraid!’

和我一起变老吧!他说,我所筹画的是一个完整的,我所显现的是年轻的一半。相信上帝:看到一切不要害怕!”

When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.

当你是一个演员,你当然想要一个观众,但这与追求名声是非常、非常不同的。

The voice has to be very clear at all times in order to convey the emotion.

为了传达情感,声音必须在任何时候都非常清晰。

If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it.

如果你对你的角色有一个很好的概念,你可以融入其中。

Failure's not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger.

失败不是一件坏事。它塑造性格。它让你更强大。

Eminent posts make great men greater and little men less.

显赫的职位使伟人更伟大,小人更渺小。