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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For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it.

多年来,我似乎一直在游说政客和其他人,说服他们欧洲文化需要电影,我们必须保护它。

The jury could get the case as early as next week, but the defense says they just want to introduce one last-minute load of crap.

陪审团最早可能在下周就会审理此案,但辩方表示,他们只是想在最后一分钟引入一堆废话。

When I'm into a woman, I literally can't stop staring. I'm like a little kid. I become completely entranced.

当我爱上一个女人,我简直无法停止凝视。我就像个小孩子。我完全被迷住了。

There were days that I literally had no reason to get out of bed. It just was so destructive for me.

有些日子,我真的没有理由起床。这对我来说是毁灭性的。

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.

当你没有什么重要或有趣的事情要说时,不要让任何人说服你说出来。

Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination.

永远不要忘记,解决问题的关键在于决心,而不是想象。

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

完全的勇敢是在没有见证人的情况下,在全世界面前做我们能做的一切。

Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things.

理性尊重事物的差异,想象尊重事物的相似之处。