When white-collar people get jobs, they sell not only their time and energy, but their personalities as well. They sell by week, or month, their smiles and their kindly gestures, and they must practise prompt repression of resentment and aggression.

  • -- C. Wright Mills 米尔斯

当白领找工作时,他们不仅出卖自己的时间和精力,也出卖自己的个性。他们以周为周期,以月为周期出售他们的微笑和友好的姿态,他们必须迅速压制怨恨和侵略。

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Please don't expect me to always be good, kind and loving. There will be times when i'll be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand.

请不要期望我总是那么好,那么善良,那么有爱心。有时候我会变得冷漠、粗心、难以理解。

Some people are born with the first word of a language resting on their tongue though it may take some time before they can taste it.

有些人天生就有一门语言的第一个单词落在舌头上,尽管他们可能需要一段时间才能尝到它的味道。

What I truly miss the most is having sufficient time to do all the things that need to be done around the house and for our friends.

我真正最想念的是有足够的时间做所有需要做的事情,在家里和我们的朋友。

Even the people who never frown eventually break down.

甚至那些从不皱眉的人最终也会崩溃。