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The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.

  • -- Walt Whitman 沃尔特惠特曼

一个诗人的证明是，他的祖国对他的吸收就像他对祖国的吸收一样深情。

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Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he's stabbing the independent bookstores in the back.

不要光顾连锁书店。每次我看到某个作家计划在连锁书店读书和签名，我就想告诉他，他在背后捅那些独立书店的竹杠。

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The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see --i t is, rather, a light by which we may see -- and what we see is life.

这首诗是一个关于人类使生活有意义的能力的小神话。最后，诗歌不是我们看到的东西，而是一束光，通过它我们可以看到，我们看到的是生活。

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If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.

如果你的日常生活看起来很糟糕，不要责怪它;责备你自己，你还不够诗人，不能唤起它的丰富;对于造物主来说，没有贫穷。

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No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge.

现在没人再用色带打字机了，但你的最终稿不是再从墨盒里挤出几张纸的时候。

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You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast.

你看到一个曲棍球运动员，你永远不会知道他是一个职业运动员。但你给他穿上冰鞋，他就变成了野兽。

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It's that kind of in-born music thing - I could pick up the guitar and play something. It's not something I consciously do.

这是一种与生俱来的音乐——我可以拿起吉他弹点什么。这不是我有意识做的事情。

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As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

正如诗人所说，“只有上帝才能造树”，这可能是因为很难弄清楚如何把树皮弄上去。

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