It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

  • -- Donald Rumsfeld 唐纳德·拉姆斯菲尔德

重要的不是犯错误;而是纠正他们,继续完成主要任务。

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Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more critical about it, because there's no one else in the room to tell me, 'That's really not translating. I'm not getting what you're saying.' So, I'm constantly rewriting it, thinking, 'No, that's fine,' and going back.

独自写作,我把它扩展得更广。我会花更多的时间在一首歌上。我对此更加挑剔,因为房间里没有其他人告诉我,‘这真的不是翻译。我不明白你在说什么。所以,我不断地重写它,心里想着,‘不,没关系,’然后就回去了。

Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled 'wrong'.

有些人总是批评含糊不清的陈述。我倾向于对精确的陈述持批评态度;他们是唯一可以正确地贴上“错误”标签的人。