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.

  • -- Ian McKellen 伊恩·麦凯伦

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。

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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.

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。

It did mean something to me, ... Talk is talk, but when talk is official, that's when you get that feeling. You say, 'OK, yeah, I got this job. Now I've got to perform. Now I'm the guy.

这对我来说确实很重要…谈话就是谈话,但当谈话是正式的时候,你就会有那种感觉。你会说,‘好吧,我得到了这份工作。现在我要表演了。现在我就是那个人了。

I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.

我刚刚加入人口研究所的理事会,因为我相信,早日稳定世界人口对实现这一目标是重要的。

I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way.

我做过一些让人印象深刻的事情,他们会来祝贺你,但是以一种你必须认为你真的很特别的方式。

I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed.

我曾与国王共进晚餐,我曾被赐予翅膀。我从来没有被打动过。

The optimum population is, then, less than the maximum.

因此,最优种群小于最大值。