In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

  • -- Mark Twain 马克·吐温

首先,上帝创造了傻瓜。那是练习。然后他制作了校董会。

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Even if I know I shall never change the masses, never transform anything permanent, all I ask is that the good things also have their place, their refuge.

即使我知道我永远不会改变大众,永远不会改变任何永恒的东西,我所要求的只是美好的事物也有它们的位置,它们的避难所。

Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better, it's about befriending who we are.

冥想练习不是要把自己抛弃,变得更好,而是要和自己成为朋友。

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

能在黑板上写出比赛大纲的教练多得很。那些赢球的球员会进入他们的球员内部并激励他们。

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

科学充其量不过是常识,也就是说,在观察上严格准确,在逻辑上对谬误毫不留情。

Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely.

啊,创造的过程在科学和艺术中都是同样的秘密。它们完全一样。

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.

如果某样东西因为你而活在别人身上,那么你就接近了不朽。

Paris is an ideal place to become informed, while Venice is a place to think and write.

巴黎是一个获取信息的理想之地,而威尼斯是一个思考和写作的地方。

Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies.

为什么这么多年我都在玩无聊的欧洲游戏?我是为动作片而生的。

When my sister and I were growing up, she was made out to be the goody-goody one.

我妹妹和我一起长大的时候,她被认为是一个很乖很好的人。

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

我可能不是一个一流的作曲家,但我是一个一流的二流作曲家。

When a man starts out to build the world, he starts first with himself.

当一个人开始建造世界时,他首先从自己做起。

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

你所需要的只是爱。但偶尔吃一点巧克力也无妨。

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

只有傻瓜才拒绝改变主意。

Why do you not practice what you preach.

你为什么不言行一致呢?

Boys turns girls into such idiots.

男孩把女孩变成这样的白痴。