When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

  • -- Napoleon Bonaparte 拿破仑·波拿巴

当小人物企图做大事业时,他们总是以使其沦落为平庸告终。

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I see everybody arguing about what the value of music should be instead of what I think the bigger conversation is, which is that music has value, it's subjective and we're moving to a new era where the audience is taking more responsibility for supporting artists at whatever level.

我看到每个人都在争论音乐的价值应该是什么,而不是我认为更大的讨论是什么,那就是音乐有价值,它是主观的,我们正在进入一个新时代,在这个时代,观众在任何层面上都要为支持艺术家承担更多的责任。

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

今天的很多教育都非常低效。我们常常在应该教年轻人自己种花的时候,却给他们插花。

If you are at a boys' school, especially, there is a level of bravado that you have to keep up otherwise you'll get picked on.

如果你在一所男校读书,尤其需要保持一定程度的虚张声势,否则你就会被欺负。

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

男人只考虑他们的需要,从不考虑他们的能力。