It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

看到鼻子底下的东西并不需要什么天赋,但知道该把那个器官指向什么方向却很重要。

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Designing is my hobby. If I didn't do what I do for a living - at some point when I don't do this for a living - I'll probably just do design work. I love finding really special pieces of furniture.

设计是我的爱好。如果我不做我所做的事情来谋生——在某种程度上,当我不做这些事情来谋生时——我可能只会做设计工作。我喜欢找到真正特别的家具。

Crawford washed her hands a lot. She washed her arms all the way up past her elbows. She just couldn't get enough done in that direction. She was compulsive about being clean, clean, clean!

克劳福德经常洗手。她的手臂一直洗到肘部。在那个方向上她做得不够。她强迫自己保持干净,干净,干净!

The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that.

真正重要的是意志的方向和坚定性,而智力和情感的重要性只在于它们对意志的贡献。

All motion is cyclic. It circulates to the limits of its possibilities and then returns to its starting point.

所有的运动都是循环的。它循环到可能性的极限,然后回到起点。