I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals.

  • -- Denise Levertov 丹妮斯·莱维托芙

我不认为人们可以准确地衡量一首诗的历史效力;但人们当然知道,书籍影响着个人;个人,虽然他们是大的经济和社会进程的一部分,影响着历史。每个群体毕竟是由数百万个体组成的。

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I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.

我想我们内心都有一个小小的声音在指引着我们。可能是上帝,我不知道。但我认为,如果我们把生活中所有的噪音和杂物都关在门外,倾听那个声音,它会告诉我们该做什么。

The marketplace judges technologies by their practical effectiveness, by whether they succeed or fail to do the job they are designed to do.

市场根据技术的实际效果来判断技术,根据技术是否成功或失败来判断技术。

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.

图书销售人员应该受到尊敬,因为他通常会让我们注意到我们最需要和最忽视的书。

Our work activities are perhaps most interesting when the element of competition is present.

当竞争因素存在时,我们的工作活动可能是最有趣的。

I don't care what they do with my book so long as the flippin check clears.

我不在乎他们怎么处理我的书,只要支票兑现就行。

Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still.

责备母亲只是一种消极的死死抱住她的方式。

We love the things we love for what they are.

我们爱我们所爱的事物。

Wine is bottled poetry.

葡萄酒是瓶装的诗歌。