Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't under-estimate the value of that, but they're not designed to take care of social needs.

  • -- George Soros 乔治·索罗斯

市场的设计是为了让个人照顾他们的私人需求和追求利润。这确实是一个伟大的发明,我不会低估它的价值,但它们并不是为了满足社会需求而设计的。

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I don't even drink! I can't stand the taste of alcohol. Every New Year's Eve I try one drink and every time it makes me feel sick. So I don't touch booze - I'm always the designated driver.

我甚至不喝酒!我不能忍受酒精的味道。每年除夕我都要喝一杯,每次都觉得恶心。所以我不沾酒——我一直是指定司机。

To be sure, no piece of social machinery, however well constructed, can be effective unless there is back of it a will and a determination to make it work.

可以肯定的是,任何一种社会机制,无论构建得多么好,都不可能有效,除非它背后有一种意愿和决心使其发挥作用。

In fact, death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can go a long way in evolution before encountering an authentic corpse.

事实上,死亡似乎是进化中一个相当晚的发明。在遇到一具真正的尸体之前,人类可以在进化过程中走很长的路。

The culture of the chairmanship is to be the dominant voice in the Fed. If you have a weak chairman... the markets could be very unsettled.

担任美联储主席的文化就是要成为美联储的主导声音。市场可能会非常动荡。

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.

当乔纳斯回到家,告诉他的妻子他迟到了三天,因为他被鲸鱼吞了。

Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven.

演戏不适合我。我不喜欢别人告诉我该做什么。我对布景设计更感兴趣,更注重视觉效果。

We use competitive markets to arrange for delivery of our food supply.

我们利用竞争激烈的市场来安排我们的食品供应。

I don't believe in social equality, and they know it.

我不相信社会平等,他们知道这一点。