Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected.

  • -- Charles Baudelaire 查尔斯·波德莱尔

现代性是短暂的、瞬息万变的、偶然的,构成了艺术的一半,而另一半则是永恒的、不可改变的。这一瞬息万变、瞬息万变的因素决不能轻视或忽视。

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As countries grapple with modernization, people who are left behind tend to hold firmer and firmer to their view of the evil of modernity.

当国家与现代化作斗争时,落后的人们往往对现代化的罪恶持有越来越坚定的看法。

I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.Come

我告诉别人我太笨了,不知道什么是不可能的。我的梦想太大了,有一半的时间我的梦想实现了

It takes me about a week and a half to really analyze a game - play by play.

我花了大约一周半的时间来真正分析一场比赛——一场接一场的比赛。

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

现代性是一个定性的范畴,而不是一个时间的范畴。