The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits.

  • -- Eric Liu 刘耀威

婴儿潮时期出生的人已经形成了一套坏习惯的模型,而一个宏大的姿态不会消除所有这些坏习惯。

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There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons and property of the rest, yet quite unfit to direct our opinions, or to superintend our private habits.

说社会上的某一部分人也许完全有能力保护其他人的人身和财产,但又完全不适合指导我们的意见,或监督我们的私人习惯,这当然并不矛盾。

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that's not what any of us should want from our judges.

无论是左派还是右派的意识形态斗士对法官来说都是坏消息。他们倾向于制定法律,而不是解释法律。这不是我们任何人都想从法官那里得到的。

Actors do have good and bad sides. It's because the passage down the birth canal distorts the face. People born by caesarean section are more symmetrical.

演员确实有好的一面和坏的一面。因为产道下面的通道会扭曲面部。剖腹产出生的人更匀称。

If the source were simply a few behavioral habits, you would have conquered them already.

如果根源仅仅是一些行为习惯,你早就克服了。