There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.

  • -- Christopher James Hampton 克里斯托弗·詹姆斯·汉普顿

有一种理论认为,你应该改编烂书,因为它们总是能拍出更成功的电影。

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Then, as the day progresses, depending on how the product is coming in - for instance, the fish man will fax us and say black bass is great - throughout the day, we'll also make judgment calls and adapt to what's available.

然后,随着时间的推移,根据产品的上市情况——例如,鱼贩会给我们发传真说黑鲈鱼很棒——一整天,我们也会做出判断,并适应现有的产品。

I grew up and I became very successful at what I did as a young man. I became a work addict because this was the only way I could get any relief from this pain.

我长大了,在我年轻时所做的一切都非常成功。我成了一个工作狂,因为这是我能从这种痛苦中得到解脱的唯一途径。

In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe in a given set of circumstances.

只要这种理论在经验上是正确的,它还将告诉我们,在给定的一组情况下,应该能够观察到哪些经验事实。

Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product.

华尔街的一种理论正在削弱新闻业,这种理论认为,利润可以通过最小化产品实现最大化。

At this point, I can't say what network would be picking it up, but I know that it would be a success.

在这一点上,我不能说哪个网络会接受它,但我知道它会成功。

Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement.

生活是一连串的教训,通过立即的奖赏而强化,或者更经常的是通过立即的惩罚而强化。

A tremendous social responsibility comes with being a successful public performer.

作为一名成功的公众演员,随之而来的是巨大的社会责任。

As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.

作为人类,我们确实会改变、成长、适应,甚至学习,变得更聪明。