To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

  • -- E. M. Forster E·M·福斯特

以正确的方式让我们感到渺小是艺术的一种功能;男人只会让我们以错误的方式感到渺小。

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It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

我的女儿们,爱就在这里——不是藏在角落里,而是藏在罪恶之中。相信我,虽然我们可能更经常地失败和犯下小错误,但我们的收获将是无与伦比的巨大。

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.

告诉我们要服从本能就像告诉我们要服从人一样。人们会说不同的话,直觉也是如此。我们的本能处于战争状态…每一种本能,如果你听从它,都会声称以牺牲其他本能为代价而得到满足。

You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in some place where you don't feel that it is as important as Carnegie Hall.

在很多人面前你会变得更紧张。这就是为什么,当你演奏协奏曲时,你要和一个小型管弦乐队一起演奏,在一些你不觉得它像卡内基音乐厅那么重要的地方。

Right now as an artist, what I want to do is be a part of works that are unignorable. I couldn't be less interested in how people receive it, honestly. As long as it's unignorable.

现在作为一个艺术家,我想做的是成为作品中不可忽视的一部分。老实说,我对人们如何接受它一点也不感兴趣。只要它是不可忽视的。

Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, i'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside- remember all the times you've felt that way.

有时候你早上从床上爬起来,你想,我活不下去了,但你内心却在笑——记住所有你有过这种感觉的时候。

The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes their way.

最幸福的人不一定拥有最好的一切;他们只是充分利用每一件事情。

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.

压制言论自由是双重错误。它侵犯了听者和说话者的权利。

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

不要交那些相处得很舒服的朋友。交那些会强迫你提升自己的朋友。

To liberate words means first to shatter their function as vehicles of idea, memory, hope, or regret.

解放文字意味着首先打破它们作为思想、记忆、希望或遗憾载体的功能。

The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which is inside us.

教育的目的是使我们能够最大限度地发展我们内在的东西。

I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher.

我在混乱中不能很好地工作,无论是我的床单还是洗碗机。

Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.

有些人活着只是因为杀他们是违法的。

I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.

我有一个新的哲学。我只会害怕每一天。

With a hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all?

有一百种方法做十多种事情,为什么不尝试一下呢?

Only time can tell if what we have is lust or love...

只有时间能告诉我们拥有的是欲望还是爱…

I feel I can really relate to a lot of young people.

我觉得我能和很多年轻人打成一片。

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

如果存钱是错的,我不想做对!

Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified.

男人很少认为自己的行为是不正当的。

I don't feel like taking anybody's money.

我不想拿任何人的钱。

Your gut is always right.

你的直觉总是对的。