To boast of a performance which I cannot beat is merely stupid vanity. And if I can beat it that means there is nothing special about it. What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.

  • -- Emil Zatopek 埃米尔·扎托佩克

吹嘘一场我打不过的表演,纯粹是愚蠢的虚荣。如果我能打败它,那就说明它没什么特别的。过去的已经过去了。我发现更有趣的是还会发生什么。

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I don't see how they can with most of my pieces, but I think it's unfortunate that they can through familiarity with flashy performances of a great deal of other music.

我不知道他们怎么能与我的大多数作品,但我认为这是不幸的,他们可以通过熟悉大量其他音乐华丽的表演。

I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball and football and stuff as a kid with the boys.

我一直都是这样的。我小时候是个假小子,所以我总是和男孩子们一起打棒球、篮球、足球等等。

Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it.

相信你脑袋里那个小小的声音:“如果……会不会很有趣?”然后去做。

I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.

每次上台前,每次演出前,我都会紧张。

In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records.

起初,我想要成功。我想创造并打破记录。

When politics is interesting, people go vote.

当政治有趣时,人们去投票。