The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

  • -- William James 威廉·詹姆斯

生命的最大用处是将它用于比生命更长久的事情上。

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I had the best of both worlds when I was a kid. I'd spend a quiet week with my mum, then I'd go to my dad's property in the Adelaide Hills, where there were all these kids and animals running around.

当我还是个孩子的时候,我拥有两个世界中最好的。我要和妈妈安静地呆上一周,然后我要去爸爸在阿德莱德山的家,那里到处都是孩子和动物。

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

在阅读伟人的生平时,我发现他们赢得的第一个胜利就是战胜了自己。自律是第一位的。

Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them.

大多数人一生都在寻找合适的工作。还有一些人从来没有机会去做能使他们满意的工作。

I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country.

我生活在一个讲西班牙语的国家,对此我感到非常自豪。

The thing is to be able to outlast the trends.

关键是要能够比潮流更持久。