To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

养成读书的习惯,就是为自己建造一个避难所,使自己免受生活中几乎所有的不幸。

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Accept criticism. If you do not offer your work for criticism and accept that criticism, meaning give it serious thought and attention, then you will never improve.

接受批评。如果你不把你的工作交给别人批评,也不接受别人的批评,也就是说,你要认真地思考和关注它,那么你永远都不会进步。

Although all days are equally long regardless of the season, some days are long not only seasonally but by rewards they offer.

尽管所有的日子不分季节都一样长,但有些日子不仅是季节性的,而且还因为它们提供的奖励而变长。

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

几乎所有的质量改进都是通过简化设计、制造…布局、过程和过程。

There are writers who do start doing the same thing again and again and almost inevitably fall into self-parody.

有些作家开始一遍又一遍地做同样的事情,几乎不可避免地陷入自我嘲弄。

The real fact of the matter is that nobody reads ads. People read what interest them, and sometimes it's an ad.

真正的事实是没有人读广告。人们读他们感兴趣的东西,有时是广告。

We are what we repeatedly do excellence, therefore is not an act, but a habit.

我们是我们反复做的优秀的人,因此不是一种行为,而是一种习惯。

Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.

每隔一段时间,没有任何坏习惯的人就会被抓住。

Of course. You get everything from books.

当然可以。你从书中得到一切。