I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.

  • -- Andrew Jackson 安德鲁·杰克逊

我为我的国家的自由而哭泣,当我看到在这个成功的试验的早期,腐败已被归咎于许多众议院议员,人民的权利已被用来换取执政的承诺。

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Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedigree to be a successful author, the son of Hemingway or Fitzgerald.

我从小就有写小说的天赋,但我从未想过把写作作为一种真正的职业。我以为你必须有文学背景才能成为一个成功的作家,海明威或菲茨杰拉德的儿子。

I was very pleased to find that once I had records out music videos were starting to happen, so I directed some of my own music videos and got to experiment in other areas of expression.

我很高兴地发现,一旦我有了唱片,音乐视频就开始出现了,所以我自己导演了一些音乐视频,并开始在其他领域进行试验。

Who can wonder at the attractiveness... of the bar, for our ambitious young men, when the highest bribes of society are at the feet of the successful orator?

谁会对它的吸引力感到惊讶呢……对于我们这些雄心勃勃的年轻人来说,当社会上最高的贿赂都拜倒在成功的演说家的脚下时,律师的地位又会如何呢?

Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.

是的,理想情况下,我可能希望匿名。但是审视和成功是相伴而生的。我想要成功。

All the problems of the world - child labor, corruption - are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.

世界上所有的问题——童工、腐败——都是一种精神疾病的症状:缺乏同情心。

Promises are like the full moon: if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day.

承诺就像满月,如果不立刻兑现,就会一天比一天少。

We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.

我们在课程上的成败主要取决于我们的思想。

For me, it's an experiment to see what people are gonna think of it.

对我来说,这是一个实验,看看人们会怎么想。

Some things you don't have to promise. You just do.

有些事情你不必承诺。你只是做。

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

青年的责任是挑战腐败。