I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.

  • -- Calvin Trillin 卡尔文·特里林

我的数学从来没有学好过——我似乎从来没有说服老师我的答案不是字面意思。

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He opened up the tent where I was actually literally bent over a chair getting my crack touched up and I turned around and said, 'don't come in here Bryan, you don't need to be seeing this!' and he said, 'ooh, you need some white wine.' He handed me a glass of wine.

他打开帐篷,我当时正趴在椅子上修补裂缝,我转过身来说:“别进来,布莱恩,你不需要看到这个!”他说,“哦,你需要一些白葡萄酒。”他递给我一杯酒。

We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential.

我们必须重建人类的心脏,并说服人们,希望不仅是可能的,而且是必不可少的。

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

牧羊人总是试图说服羊群,他们的利益和他的是一样的。

You see things and you say, “Why?" But I dream things that never were and I say, "Why not?"

你看到一些东西,你会说,“为什么?”但我梦想着从未有过的事情,我说:“为什么不呢?”

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

只有垄断者才会研究一家企业,并通过赠送产品来毁掉它。

If you told me I could only do one thing, I would choose live concerts.

如果你告诉我只能做一件事,我会选择现场音乐会。

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

想象力是一个人能飞的最高的风筝。

People take songs so literally.

人们把歌曲理解得如此真切。