If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

如果过去是一种障碍和负担,那么对过去的了解是最安全、最可靠的解脱。

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Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper.

头朝下滑是到达下一垒的最安全的方法,我认为也是最快的。你不会失去动力,还有一个更重要的原因,我头朝下滑,它让我的照片出现在报纸上。

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

障碍的唯一用处是被克服。对勇敢的人来说,障碍所起的作用不是吓唬他们,而是挑战他们。

Pipelines are by far the safest way to transport petroleum. They are safer than tankers, safer than trucks, safer than rail.

管道是迄今为止最安全的石油运输方式。它们比油轮更安全,比卡车更安全,比铁路更安全。

I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.

我认为阿富汗妇女的解放必须来自内部,通过阿富汗人自己,逐步地,随着时间的推移。

If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.

如果今天妇女们都起来要求解放,男人就会被迫同意。