The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

奴隶主和奴隶之间的整个贸易,一方面是最激烈的激情、最不懈的专制统治和另一方面是卑贱的服从的永恒活动。我们的孩子看到了这一点,并学会模仿。

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The spiritual quest was always the predominant aspect of my life. It's always been there. But there's also an incredible passion connected to it; it's not just a dry investigative process. I have been extremely emotional about it, and that comes out in the songs.

精神追求一直是我生活的主要方面。它一直在那里。但也有一种难以置信的激情与之相连;这不仅仅是一个枯燥的调查过程。我对此非常激动,这在歌曲中表现出来了。

When you first come into Parliament, it's a daunting place because you feel you've so much to learn. Once you've been re-elected, you feel much more confident. It just gives you a bit of a boost.

当你第一次进入议会,这是一个令人畏惧的地方,因为你觉得你有很多东西要学。一旦你再次当选,你会感到更加自信。它只会给你一点动力。

I've known Jan, probably, very well for, well, for over a decade. And the passion that Jan just showed the viewers in that particular piece is very real.

我认识简大概有十多年了。简刚才在那首曲子中向观众展示的激情是非常真实的。

It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.

它可以成为一种尝试让读者喜欢和欣赏你的练习,而不是一种创造性的艺术练习。

Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.

当你学会接受一个从未得到过的道歉时,生活会变得更容易。

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

文明国家的主要商业活动是金钱,而不是道德。

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

给我一个非常成功的工会产业。

I eat well, and I exercise.

我吃得好,我锻炼。