A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

  • -- William Feather 费瑟

预算告诉我们什么是我们负担不起的,但它不会阻止我们购买它。

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Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions.

老实说,和表演一样难的职业,我认为音乐更难。演戏的时候,你就像一个水蛭,因为别人帮你完成了最困难的部分。他们为你写剧本,然后导演告诉你该怎么做。你只需要知道如何集中注意力,按照指示去做。

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

当我们诚实地问自己生命中谁对我们最重要时,我们常常发现,是那些人,他们没有给出建议、解决方案或治愈方法,而是选择与我们分享痛苦,用温暖而温柔的手触摸我们的伤口。

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.

告诉我们要服从本能就像告诉我们要服从人一样。人们会说不同的话,直觉也是如此。我们的本能处于战争状态…每一种本能,如果你听从它,都会声称以牺牲其他本能为代价而得到满足。

Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student.

我大学时的大多数朋友都成为了牙科保健师或者进入了零售业,很多人进入了销售行业。他们都结婚了,有了孩子,买了房子,而我仍然过着大学生的生活。

When I had my first boy it all started and that male energy seemed to keep me awake but since my daughter, who's incredibly serene, I can't seem to stop sleeping because she's asleep all the time. It's a pattern.

当我有了第一个男孩,一切都开始了,那种男性的能量似乎让我保持清醒,但自从我的女儿,她非常平静,我似乎无法停止睡觉,因为她一直在睡觉。这是一个模式。

Plants that wake when others sleep. Timid jasmine buds that keep their fragrance to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.

别人睡觉时,植物却醒了。羞怯的茉莉花的蓓蕾整天保持着它自己的香气,但是当阳光消逝的时候,让那美妙的秘密向四处飘荡的微风透露吧。

Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. But they said if we are in a pennant race in the middle of the summer they are going to get some help with added payroll.

每个人都有预算,我不在乎你是谁。但他们说,如果我们在夏季中期参加一场三角旗比赛,他们将通过增加工资得到一些帮助。

In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.

在预算削减的今天,我们不能忘记,基础科学是信息时代科学创新和经济增长的基石。

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.

没有人告诉过你关于中年的许多事情之一是,这是一个很好的变化,从年轻。

Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.

富裕国家有能力支付过高的价格。

Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse.

赡养费就像给一匹死马买燕麦。