I think that people who live in cultures without quite so much privilege, opportunity or grandiosity have a little bit more respect for the workings of destiny, and the limitations that people can find themselves in through no fault of their own.

  • -- Elizabeth Gilbert 伊丽莎白·吉尔伯特

我认为,生活在没有那么多特权、机会或浮夸的文化中的人,对命运的运作有更多的尊重,以及人们发现自己所处的局限,而这些局限并不是他们自己的过错。

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I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

我不认为一个领导者能在很大程度上控制自己的命运。如果历史的力量向另一个方向发展,他很少能介入并改变局势。

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.

荒谬的特权;除了人以外,没有任何生物服从于它。

It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.

成为第一个获得大师赛冠军的澳洲人是我的天命,这真是太棒了。