Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

  • -- Mark Twain 马克·吐温

每当你发现自己站在大多数人一边时,就是停下来反思的时候了。

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Whether it's a double take or a spit take or an extra-long pause before a reaction or a line, I try to be as cognizant as possible about the technical end of it. So I think the physical stuff works easier for me than maybe for others who are more just going on instinct.

不管是两遍还是吐口水,还是在反应或排队前停顿很长时间,我都尽可能地了解它的技术性结尾。所以我认为身体上的东西对我来说比那些更依赖本能的人更容易起作用。

It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone, one of the oldest and most universal beliefs, the origin of which, however far back we penetrate into the records of the past, we do not probably trace its real source.

例如,令人感到好奇的是,对哲人之石的非凡传说进行反思,这是最古老和最普遍的信仰之一,它的起源,无论我们追溯到过去的记录中有多远,我们可能都无法找到它的真正来源。

Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right.

因此,关于道德多数的争论不仅来自其观点,而且来自其名称——在许多人看来,这似乎意味着只有一套公共政策是道德的,而且只有一种多数可能是正确的。

I had all the material for a long time, but I was just too busy. Sometimes we'd sit around at home and sing some of these songs at family things, and everyone always said I should record them.

我有很长一段时间的所有材料,但我只是太忙了。有时候我们会坐在家里,在家庭聚会上唱一些这样的歌,每个人都说我应该录下来。

You can involve yourself in electronics, computers, puzzles... there's a lot of creativity and brain working. There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize.

你可以参与电子、电脑、智力游戏……有很多创造力和大脑的工作。有很多模型火车,人们没有意识到。

I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked.

我清楚地知道我想要它如何播放,但你永远无法确定,直到你看到投影图像反射出屏幕。这时你就知道它起作用了。

Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd for the most part.

想象一下,如果你睡着了,或者完全没有知觉、毫无头绪,你就不得不在很大程度上不觉得自己很荒谬。

In time I began to understand that it's when you start writing that you really find out what you don't know and need to know.

随着时间的推移,我开始明白,只有当你开始写作时,你才会真正发现你不知道和需要知道的东西。

What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?

当黑人赋权似乎受益的不是绝大多数人,而是倾向于循环利用的精英阶层时,它是什么?

For me, I want my kids to find their way. If they're interested in something, I want them to try it out.

对我来说,我想让我的孩子找到自己的路。如果他们对某件事感兴趣,我想让他们试试。

If you splurge, do it on an item that's fun, because you'll feel good whenever you put it on.

如果你挥霍无度,那就买一件有趣的衣服,因为无论什么时候穿上它,你都会感觉很好。

Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

你想要的一切都在恐惧的另一面。

I can't find a job. It makes me crazy.

我找不到工作。这让我发疯。

Hear the other side.

倾听对方的声音。