In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for "finding himself." If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence.

  • -- Thomas Merton 托马斯·默顿

归根到底,个人要对自己的生活负责,对“发现自己”负责。如果他坚持把自己的责任转移给别人,他就不能发现自己存在的意义。

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At the end of the day, I'm reading the news. I'm not digging ditches. I'm not fighting fires. It's a long day, and it's a lot of responsibility, and it can be a little bewildering sometimes with the schedule. But, you know, it's a job, and they pay me well to do a job.

在一天结束的时候,我读新闻。我不是在挖沟。我不是在救火。这是漫长的一天,要承担很多责任,有时日程安排会让人有点困惑。但是,你知道,这是一份工作,他们给我高薪让我做这份工作。

She bowed her head, clasping her hands tightly before her upon the arm of his chair, for her heart yearned towards him, yet could not reach him, and it made her throat ache with unhappiness to meet that look of his that rested on her face without seeing it.

她低着头,双手紧紧地握在他椅子的扶手上,因为她的心渴望着他,但又够不着他。她看见他那没有看见的、落在她脸上的表情,喉咙痛得难受。

The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.

我第一次让个人压力影响到我。我对此很紧张。当我看到这一打击正在进行时,我松了一口气。

Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake.

我总是喜欢看生活乐观的一面,但我很现实,知道生活是一个复杂的事情。你做的每一个决定都是一个错误。

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the  walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

我仍然觉得每一天都太短了,我无法去想所有的事情,我无法去散步,我无法读所有的书,我无法去见所有的朋友。

Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many interesting implications.

尽管如此,对行为的直觉假设只是系统分析的起点,因为仅凭这些假设并不能产生很多有趣的含义。

The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.

个人的工作比团队合作更能推动人类进步。

There'll be differences of opinion in just about every intelligence analysis that you make.

你所做的每一项智力分析都会有不同的观点。

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.

找到一种形式,容纳混乱,这是艺术家现在的任务。

I am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility.

我是那种很喜欢承担责任的人。

How funny it is that we can't take our own advice.

真有趣,我们不能接受自己的建议。

I've always had a love for making things my own.

我一直很喜欢自己动手做东西。