When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.

  • -- Lyndon B. Johnson 林登·约翰逊

当我年轻的时候,贫穷是如此普遍,我们不知道它有一个名字。

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I would advise my young colleagues, the composers of symphonies, to drop in sometimes at the kindergarten, too. It is there that it is decided whether there will be anybody to understand their works in twenty years' time.

我建议我的年轻同事,交响乐作曲家,有时也去幼儿园看看。就是在那里决定了二十年后是否会有人理解他们的作品。

I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.

我认为在我年轻的时候读莎士比亚的戏剧是非常重要的。他有能力让完全陌生的人活过来。

People can be so apathetic. They continue to ignore the real people trapped in poverty and homelessness. It's almost maddening.

人们可以如此冷漠。他们继续忽视真正陷入贫困和无家可归的人。几乎发狂。

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve.

人们挨饿是因为他们上面的人吃了太多的税粮。这是他们挨饿的唯一原因。