Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order.

-- Tobias Wolff 托比亚斯·沃尔夫

在短篇小说中，每一件事都要有分量，才能真正成为头等大事。

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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.

没有一个人仅仅靠自己的努力就能取得今天的成就。我们来到这里是因为有人——一位家长，一位老师，一位常春藤盟校的密友，或者几个修女——弯下腰来帮我们捡起了靴子。

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Clothing was something I always wanted to do. I've been pulling tear sheets from magazines since I was a little girl.

衣服是我一直想做的事情。当我还是个小女孩的时候，我就从杂志上撕下撕下来的撕纸。

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Life is too short to be a boring company.

人生苦短，不要做一个无聊的公司。

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I'm short and to the point.

我短小精悍。

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