It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

不是通过增加国家的资本,而是通过使这些资本中比其他情况下更大的一部分具有活性和生产性,使最明智的银行业务能够增加国家的工业。

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I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one.

我每天都在反对那些说你必须走得更快、更有效率、更有效率、你必须不断超越自己、你必须不断超越你的邻居的力量——所有这些都创造了一个令人难以置信的高效社会,但同时也是一个非常神经质的社会。

I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing.

我一定要负责一些基本的和弦变化,或想法。乐队里的每个人都指望我能做出最基本的种子,所以如果什么都不做是不会有多大成效的。

Second of all, I don't think Wall Street is doing what it's supposed to be doing, even after the shameful performance of the last two years. They're are not allocating capital.

其次,我不认为华尔街在做它应该做的事情,即使在过去两年可耻的表现之后。他们没有配置资本。

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.

在任何国家,谁控制了货币的数量,谁就是所有工商业的绝对主人。

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them.

与其说文化产业适应了顾客的反应,不如说它在伪造顾客的反应。

Working in the entertainment industry exposes me to every current cosmetic fad.

在娱乐圈工作让我接触到当下的每一个化妆品潮流。

Regardless of the outcome, the pure act of anticipation makes us happy.

无论结果如何,纯粹的期待行为让我们感到快乐。

I take an active role in my imaging and how I look.

我在我的想象和我的外表中扮演着积极的角色。

She feels in italics and thinks in capitals.

她用斜体字感觉,用大写字母思考。