No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.

  • -- William James 威廉·詹姆斯

无论一个人拥有多么丰富的格言,无论一个人的情绪多么好,如果一个人没有利用每一个具体的机会去行动,他的性格可能会完全不受影响,变得更好。

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I was very interested in vaudeville. It was the only sort of discipline that was a five-minute act on stage, which is what I really enjoyed and saw myself doing. And I bought books on it.

我对杂耍很感兴趣。这是唯一的一种纪律,就是在舞台上表演五分钟,这是我真正喜欢并看到自己在做的事情。我在上面买了书。

I don't act in the way other actresses act, in terms of building or creating a character. I don't transform myself into the role, I invest myself in the role.

在塑造或塑造角色方面,我不像其他女演员那样行事。我不把自己变成角色,我把自己投入到角色中。

Every man dies, but not every man really lives.

每个人都会死,但不是每个人都真正活过。

Every noble work is at first impossible.

每一项伟大的工作最初都是不可能完成的。