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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

  • -- Laurence J. Peter 劳伦斯·彼得

经济学家是专家，他明天就会知道为什么他昨天预测的事情今天没有发生。

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The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.

一个纯粹的集体体系的问题不仅在于它需要经济增长和正确的人口趋势，还在于它阻止人们以负责任的方式思考自己的未来。

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For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!

因为，如果一个人有什么值得称赞的地方，满足于此是愚蠢的虚荣心;如果这是滥用——为什么一个人总能从一个该死的好心肠的朋友那里听到这些呢?

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People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections.

今天的人们有时会对似乎与他们的政治假设相冲突的经验主义主张感到不安，这往往是因为他们没有过多考虑这些联系。

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Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrary, as the last refuge from the mismanagement of our earthly affairs.

今天，我们不再把宇宙看作是我们自己不应该遇到的麻烦的根源，相反，也许我们把宇宙看作是我们对尘世事务管理不善的最后避难所。

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But nobody predicted anything of this magnitude in terms of resistance. And in part, the magnitude of the resistance was spurred by our failures in reconstruction.

但是没有人预测到如此巨大的阻力。在某种程度上，我们在重建方面的失败激发了抵抗的规模。

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There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.

只有两件事。真相与谎言。真理是不可分割的，因此它不能认识自己;任何想要认识到这一点的人都必须撒谎。

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An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.

专家是那些通过知道什么该注意，什么该忽略而成功地简化了决策和判断的人。

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It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.

很难说什么是不可能的，因为昨天的梦想是今天的希望，明天的现实。

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Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They some how already know what you truly want to become.

要有勇气跟随自己的内心和直觉。他们有些人已经知道你真正想成为什么样的人。

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I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.

我只是认为事情应该顺其自然，而不是像迪斯尼乐园那样。

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Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.

怀疑主义，猜谜了昨天的信仰，为明天的信仰铺平了道路。

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Smile and let everyone know that today, You're a lot stronger than you were yesterday.

微笑着让每个人都知道，今天的你比昨天坚强多了。

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If you are unwilling to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

如果你不愿意冒不寻常的风险，你将不得不安于平凡。

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Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

教一只鹦鹉“供给和需求”这两个术语，你就有了一位经济学家。

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Be on your toes tonight - or I'll be on yours tomorrow.

今晚要提高警惕，否则明天我就要对付你了。

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All we know for sure is all that we are fighting for.

我们唯一确定的是，我们正在为之奋斗。

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Strong is what happens when you run out of weak.

坚强是当你耗尽软弱时所发生的事。

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I'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly.

很明显，我不是婚姻专家。

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Things don't happen over fort night.

事情不会在堡垒之夜发生。

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God will forgive me. It's his job.

上帝会原谅我的。这是他的工作。

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