More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom's got to be the one who stays home, not dad.

  • -- James Levine 詹姆斯·莱文

越来越多的夫妻正在进行这样的协商或讨论,但我仍然很惊讶,有这么多的夫妻没有这样做,而且在某种程度上,文化规范发挥了作用,他们想当然地认为应该由妈妈而不是爸爸来做家庭主妇。

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Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way.

我们为什么要谈这个?为什么要谈判?很简单。如果你想要和平,把所有的先决条件都放在一边,坐到桌子对面,而不是画室里。

We live in a society today where these children can be wanted children. Even if you don't want to keep this child after you've had it, there's plenty of young couples out there, that want children.

我们今天生活在一个社会中,这些孩子可以被需要。即使你不想在生完孩子后再要孩子,还是有很多年轻夫妇想要孩子。

I have tried to teach people there are three kicks in every dollar: one, when you make it; two, when you have it. The third kick it when you give it away - and it is the biggest kick of all.

我曾试图告诉人们,每一美元有三种回报:一种是成功的回报;二,当你拥有它的时候。当你把它送出去的时候,第三次踢它——这是最大的一脚。

This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.

如果更多的已婚夫妇像负债一样深陷爱河,这个世界将会变得更加美好。

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.

写作就像结婚一样。除非对自己的运气感到惊讶,否则永远不要做出承诺。

I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.

我对一些人在奴隶制之后所采取的便利措施感到惊讶。

The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.

马盯着它的主人,几乎不记得年轻时的任意球。