Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

也许没有人可以成为一个诗人,甚至享受诗歌,没有一定的不健全的头脑。

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Shooting clay targets is a very cleansing experience. It's very relaxing. It takes a lot of concentration. It's also very social, since you're usually shooting with friends. You can talk and forget about almost anything else that's on your mind.

射击粘土目标是一种非常清洁的体验。这是非常放松。这需要很大的注意力。它也很社交,因为你通常和朋友一起拍摄。你可以畅所欲言,忘掉你脑子里的任何事情。

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

当权力把人引向傲慢时,诗歌提醒他自己的局限性。当权力缩小了人类关注的范围时,诗歌提醒着人类存在的丰富性和多样性。权力腐败时,诗歌净化。

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.

成为无名小卒 在这个世界上 哪一个日夜尽其所能让你喜欢 每个人都意味着打一场最艰苦的战斗 任何人都可以战斗,而且永不停止。

Scientists are always the ones who head into the ocean, but I want to take writers and politicians, people who can convey the beauty that is there and perhaps do something to take care of it.

科学家们总是会一头扎进海洋,但我想带一些作家和政治家,他们能够传达那里的美,或许还能做些什么来保护它。

I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I'm going to grow artistically.

我想要巩固自己作为一个艺术家的地位,并向人们展示,随着我作为一个人的成长、犯错并从中吸取教训,我将在艺术上成长。

To become the love of a poet is to become both a muse and an immortal all at the same time.

成为一个诗人的爱人,就是同时成为一个缪斯女神和一个不朽的人。

I cannot squeeze the stars; but I can squeeze my mind to feel the moon compressed.

我挤不动星星;但我可以挤压我的思想,感觉月亮被压缩。

You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.

你不付出成功的代价,你享受成功的代价。

If you're a good numbers person, you're a bad language person.

如果你是一个善于数字的人,你就是一个不善言辞的人。

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.

无所作为也许是最大的错误。

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

为了享受自由,我们必须控制自己。

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

敲出虚伪,敲入真实。