So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

  • -- Will Rogers 罗杰斯

这样生活,你就不会因为把家里的鹦鹉卖给镇上的流言蜚语而感到羞耻。

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I grew up on a farm in a small town where you do or say one thing and everybody knows about it. You see it happen, there's always the town gossip - 'Oh did you hear about so and so, or did you hear what went on in this household?' So I learned at a very young age just to keep my mouth shut.

我在一个小镇的农场长大,在那里你做一件事或说一件事,每个人都知道。你看到事情发生了,城里总是有流言蜚语——‘哦,你听说了某某事吗?所以我很小的时候就学会了闭嘴。

So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful.

所以,对我来说,市政厅会议确实是一个与人们进行双向对话的机会,它们非常有帮助。

Greenlanders' heart is the environment. You can't sell your heart for oil.

格陵兰人的心是环境。你不能为了石油而出卖你的心脏。

I do sell fun.

我卖的是乐趣。