The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

  • -- William Temple 坦普尔

交谈的第一要素是真理,第二要素是良好的感觉,第三要素是幽默,第四要素是机智。

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I can't tell you what that little ingredient is which makes that first person want to go on and aggressively do more, and the other person be content to not do that. It's a mystery, but it does happen.

我不能告诉你是什么让第一个人想要继续,积极地做更多,而另一个人满足于不去做。这是个谜,但确实发生了。

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

获得智慧有三种方法。第一种是反射,反射是最高的。第二个是限制,这是最简单的。第三是经验,这是最痛苦的。

Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns.

本质上,我的贡献是把重复作为主要成分引入西方音乐中没有任何旋律,没有任何重复的模式,音乐模式。

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

第一杯给我自己,第二杯给我的朋友,第三杯给我的幽默,第四杯给我的敌人。