I think that the status that you have in life should be reflected in official documents. If you are married, fine, if you are living with someone, fine, if you are single, fine. We don't want to tell people how to live their lives.

  • -- Iain Duncan Smith 伊恩·邓肯·史密斯

我认为你在生活中的地位应该体现在官方文件中。如果你结婚了,很好,如果你和别人住在一起,很好,如果你单身,很好。我们不想告诉人们如何生活。

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I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course, it can be useful if you're writing an official letter, like trying to get a visa or something passed through Parliament. They're impressed by these things.

我不鼓励别人叫我“伊恩爵士”,因为我不喜欢和其他人分开。当然,如果你正在写一封正式的信件,比如申请签证或议会通过的什么东西,这是很有用的。他们对这些东西印象深刻。

The principles behind explaining and educating the product or the elected official is similar, even though the actual execution of it is very, very different.

解释和教育产品或民选官员背后的原则是相似的,尽管实际执行情况非常、非常不同。

You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.

你不能在你害怕睡觉的情况下保持婚姻,以防你的妻子可能会割断你的喉咙。

You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.

你知道,我相当聪明,但我不认为我的成绩反映了这一点。

He was the average guy. Maurice, I think, reflected every man.

他是个普通人。我想,莫瑞斯反映了每个人的想法。

Always say no, and you will never be married.

永远说不,你就永远不会结婚。