In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.

  • -- Charles Babbage 巴贝奇

在数学上,我们早就控制不住自己,放弃了一场无望的竞赛。

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If you write interesting roles, you get interesting people to play them. If you write roles that are full of nuance and contradiction and have interesting dialog, actors are drawn to that.

如果你写有趣的角色,你就能让有趣的人来扮演。如果你写的角色充满了细微的差别和矛盾,并且有有趣的对话,演员就会被吸引。

As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some account of it may be of interest.

由于一支数学教授队伍的存在是我国海军所特有的,而且是一种明显的、也许是真实的反常现象,对它的一些描述可能会引起人们的兴趣。

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

虽然竞争法则有时对个人来说很难,但对种族来说却是最好的,因为它确保了适者生存。

I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.

我认为我是一名作家,但在职业上,我觉得自己很受吸引,也很适合导演。

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

种族仇恨不是人性;种族仇恨是对人性的抛弃。

There should be no such thing as boring mathematics.

不应该有无聊的数学。