Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.

  • -- Al Franken 弗兰肯

是啊,我们一出校门就搬起石头砸了自己的脚。一开始经营这家公司的人在我们有多少资本的问题上误导了几乎所有人。他说我们有足够的钱过三年不赚钱的日子,也有足够的钱过三个星期。

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First of all, in terms of investment in Internet-related developments, venture capitalists - once burned - are now very cautious and are investing in areas that actually make business sense.

首先,在互联网相关发展的投资方面,风险投资家们——曾经被炒得体无分文的人——现在非常谨慎,投资于真正有商业意义的领域。

Because I stopped dieting already six months ago, and I think it's important to bring out a book like this and you are there a year later and say look, I'm still like this.

因为我六个月前就已经停止节食了,我认为拿出一本这样的书很重要,一年后你在那里说,看,我还是这样。

In a more intellectually rigorous age, I wouldn't be talked about as a satirist at all. I would just be a topical comedian.

在一个更加理性严谨的时代,我根本不会被人说成是一个讽刺作家。我只想做一个时事喜剧演员。

I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence.

我是一个非常没有安全感的孩子,没有很多朋友,被人挑剔,音乐给了我自信。

There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.

生活中没有适合初学者的课程;你总是被要求立刻处理最困难的事情。

I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to build some kind of lifestyle brand that was preppy and cool.

我很清楚自己想做什么。我想打造一种校园风和酷的生活方式品牌。

My wife and my three kids and my grandchildren are my life, but my horses and my dogs are everything else.

我的妻子、三个孩子和孙子孙女是我的生命,但我的马和狗是我的一切。

When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.

当她开始演奏时,施坦威亲自来到钢琴前,把他的名字从钢琴上擦掉。

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

一个人再怎么强调分享欢笑的好处、危险和力量也不为过。

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

如果你只在感觉良好的时候工作,那么你在生活中就不能完成很多事情。

I'm not into watching stuff I did last week, let alone three or four years ago.

我不喜欢看我上周做的东西,更不用说三四年前了。

And during my college, at the end of the junior year I worked in a mine.

在我上大学的时候,大三的时候,我在一家煤矿工作。

If you aren't treating her right, don't be mad when somebody else does.

如果你对她不好,不要因为别人对你不好而生气。

It is so much easier to just shut out the world and ignore everyone.

把世界关在门外,无视所有人,要容易得多。

I spend enough time onscreen looking hangdog and depressed.

我花了足够多的时间在屏幕上看起来垂头丧气。

This is a very encouraging first step.

这是非常令人鼓舞的第一步。