We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.

  • -- Fred Allen 弗雷德·艾伦

我们生活在机器时代。历史上,喜剧演员第一次被迫为自己提供笑话和喜剧素材来与机器竞争。不管他知不知道,这位喜剧演员都在跑步机上逐渐被人遗忘。

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Enlarge my life with multitude of days, In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o’er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy.

求你使我一生的年日,无论是健康的年日,是疾病的年日,都广加增我的寿数。对自己隐藏自己的状态,并回避知道,生命的延长是延长的悲哀。时间一晃而过,迫不及待地要毁灭一切,关闭了所有欢乐的通道。

I want to spend as much time as I can with my family, yet I'm aware of having to bring home the bacon.

我想花尽可能多的时间和我的家人在一起,但我知道我必须养家糊口。

I love it when people are able to interpret thoughts and feelings on fabric or some kind of material.

我喜欢人们能够解读织物或其他材料上的想法和感受。

Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me.

每一个故事,每一个事件,每一次谈话对我来说都是原材料。

When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.

当我告诉我的朋友我要成为一名喜剧演员时,他们嘲笑我。

I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.

我满怀感激地盼望着被遗忘,但我必须确信这一点。

We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.

我们是我们自己创造性进化的推动者。