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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It's very inconvenient because every time I finish, let's say, a chapter of a book, I think I'm going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I've buried him. I buried him last year.

这很不方便,因为每次我读完一本书的一章,我想我就会给理查德打电话,然后意识到:哦,天哪,我把他埋了。我去年把他埋了。

I've done quite a few adverts. I've also done some presenting and acting work in Spain. I did a lot of Spanish education videos for people wanting to learn English.

我做过不少广告。我还在西班牙做过一些表演和表演工作。我为想学英语的人制作了很多西班牙语教育视频。

The thing I always tell my audiences all the time is that I'm just two steps ahead of you on a good day. And I might be two steps behind you on a bad day.

我总是告诉我的听众,在好的日子里,我只比你领先两步。在糟糕的日子里,我可能会落后你两步。

A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seeing what other people don't see. And pursuing that vision.

很多我们归因于运气的东西根本就不是运气。而是看到别人看不到的东西。并追求这一愿景。