Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the head of the treasury? Has my conduct been different from that which others in the same station would have followed?

  • -- Robert Walpole 罗伯特·沃波尔

我有贪食的症状吗?自从我被任命为库务长以来,我从国王那里得到过拨款吗?难道我的行为和同岗位的其他人的行为不同吗?

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I think some of the best reporters are the ones who can really illustrate the differences between societies, at the same time trying to connect the fact that there are a lot of shared values in addition to those differences.

我认为,一些最好的记者能够真实地阐述社会之间的差异,同时试图将除了这些差异之外还有许多共同的价值观这一事实联系起来。

If certain songs become popular enough to the point where I'll be playing them the rest of my life, I don't want them all to dwell on the same down moment that I'll have to keep reliving.

如果某些歌曲变得足够流行,以至于我的余生都要演奏它们,我不想让它们都停留在我不得不不断重温的那一刻。

I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never.

在人生的不同阶段,我总是能够决定什么是更重要的,但我从来没有为了工作放弃过个人的东西,从来没有。

My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for the playoffs.

我和马克的情况不同。我不是在寻找全垒打,我在寻找季后赛。