A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of differences of ideas.

  • -- Ferdinand de Saussure 索绪尔

语言系统是一系列的语音差异与一系列的思想差异相结合的产物。

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I have this system where if I buy three or four new things, I give away three or four things. Sometimes, it's a very painful system, but shopping is even better when you know that someone else who needs it will be getting. Keep the clothing karma going, I say.

我有这样一个系统,如果我买三四件新东西,我就会送出去三四件东西。有时候,这是一个非常痛苦的系统,但当你知道别人需要的东西会得到时,购物就更好了。我说,让服装业继续下去。

Each generation's job is to question what parents accept on faith, to explore possibilities, and adapt the last generation's system of values for a new age.

每一代人的工作是质疑父母的信仰,探索可能性,并适应上一代人的价值观体系,以适应新时代。

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of differences.

另一方面,一个获得解放的社会将不是一个统一的国家,而是在和解分歧中实现普遍性。

My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.

我的角色都是虚构的。有时候我从真实的人那里得到一些想法,但是我的角色总是只存在于我的脑海中。

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives trying to pass them on one another.

我们的想法在很大程度上就像糟糕的六便士硬币,我们用一生的时间试图将它们相互传递。

It is time for us to turn a corner and come together, put our differences behind us and focus on the future.

现在是我们走出困境,走到一起,把分歧抛诸脑后,着眼未来的时候了。