All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.

  • -- Robert Louis Stevenson 罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森

所有的语言,无论是书面的还是口头的,都是一种死亡的语言,直到它找到一个愿意并有准备的听众。

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I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did.

我从来没有真正说过很多关于整个事件,这是无休止的。但他的演讲是一个非常聪明的演讲,关于父亲不是可有可无的,没有人比我更赞同这一点。

All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.

所有深刻的分心都会打开某些门。当你无法集中注意力时,你必须允许自己分心。

I think, from every actor I've ever spoken to, they say the biggest thing they regret from life is not finishing school.

我想,从我交谈过的每一个演员那里,他们都说他们人生中最大的遗憾就是没有完成学业。

In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.

在所有真诚的演讲中都有力量,不一定是强大的力量,但演讲者能说多少就说多少。

I respond to the sound of London being spoken - to the sound of London.

我对人们谈论伦敦的声音作出反应——对伦敦的声音作出反应。

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

我对剪刀比对铅笔更有信心。