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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

  • -- Ralph Ellison 埃利森

写作需要不断地回到过去的阴影中，时间像幽灵一样徘徊。

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I had a dozen years to act before starting a family then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value.

在成家之前，我还有十几年的时间要行动。后来我发现，做母亲比什么都重要。我每年都会做一两次吸引我的项目，因为它具有社会价值。

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None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.

只有武装的国家才能免除常备军。因此，时刻保持我们的武装和纪律是重要的。

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A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are.

人类的行为一旦开始，就会永远为伟大的事业而奋斗。我们的不死之身不在于我们是谁，而在于我们做了什么。

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It seems like bands have stopped making timeless, great rock albums like they did back in the day.

似乎乐队不再像过去那样制作永恒的、伟大的摇滚专辑了。

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When I'm writing well, I feel happy. And when I go too long without writing, I begin to implode.

当我写得好的时候，我感到快乐。当我长时间不写作时，我开始崩溃。

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One should use common words to say uncommon things

一个人应该用常用词来表达不寻常的事情

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