You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for.

  • -- Christopher Dawson 克里斯多夫·道森

你可以给人食物、闲暇、娱乐和良好的工作条件,但他们仍然不满足。你可以否认他们所有的这些,只要他们觉得有什么值得为之牺牲的东西,他们就不会抱怨。

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I don't know why a computer game can't be an art form just as a puppet show or an opera is. I'm still interested in computer games as something I would like to work on someday.

我不知道为什么电脑游戏不能像木偶戏或歌剧那样成为一种艺术形式。我仍然对电脑游戏感兴趣,这是我将来想从事的工作。

When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law?

黑人在什么时候、在什么条件下可以自由投票?他什么时候才能真正拥有那些长期以来一直属于他的全部公民权利?

I love acting and certainly won't give it up, but it's part of a bigger canvas for me now.

我热爱表演,当然不会放弃,但对我来说,这是一个更大的画布的一部分。

A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.

公职不是工作,而是为公众做点什么的机会。

Sea ice conditions have remained stable in Antarctica generally.

南极洲海冰状况总体保持稳定。

Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!

金钱也许买不到幸福,但它却能给你带来幸福!