When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.

  • -- Chinua Achebe 奇努阿切贝

当一项传统积累了足够的力量,可以延续几个世纪时,你不会一天就把它关掉。

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It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful.

这是一种传统,你找一个新手,把他放在中间,用胳膊和腿抱住他,然后把你能弄到的所有东西都浇在他身上——刮胡膏,番茄酱,芥末,所有的东西。这有点像一个人成功后脸上的馅饼。

That's why we're doing this, to defend our traditions a little. I don't have anything against it (Halloween), but it's not our tradition.

这就是为什么我们要这么做,稍微维护一下我们的传统。我不反对万圣节,但这不是我们的传统。

The virtue of all achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.

所有成就的美德都是战胜自己。知道这一点的人永远不会知道失败。

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

如果你想知道力量和耐心,欢迎树的陪伴。