I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.

  • -- Clara Barton 克拉拉巴顿

我几乎完全无视先例,相信会有更好的结果。有人告诉我事情总是这样做,我很生气。我反对先例的暴政。我追求任何可以改变过去的新事物。

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But - but the greatest way to witness is by walking that straight and narrow and also realizing that you're going to mess up. That's what grace is for. We're going to fall, but we've got to get back up. And you've got to improve. And that's what I'm all about.

但是——但是最好的见证方式是走直走窄,同时意识到你会把事情搞砸。这就是恩典的作用。我们会跌倒,但我们必须站起来。你必须改进。这就是我的全部。

Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.

迪斯科应该有一个更好的名字,一个美丽的名字,因为它是一种美丽的艺术形式。它使消费者变得美丽。消费者是明星。

In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory.

过去,在地球上,主要是开发外国资源和扩大国内领土。

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

吃饼在平安中,强如席在忧虑中。

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

与过去相比,我觉得做这项工作不那么有必要了。

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.

当腐败指数改善时,我肯定会很高兴。