From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule.

  • -- Carl Hiaasen 卡尔·希尔森

从我的经验来看,政客们更不愿意被取笑,而不是被说教、被尖叫——你知道,以及被例行公事地说教。当他们知道自己是被嘲笑的对象时,他们会更加不安。

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I have seen how effective language attached to policies that are mainstream and delivered by people who are passionate and effective can change the course of history.

我已经看到,与主流政策相关联的有效语言,以及那些充满激情、卓有成效的人所提出的政策,能够改变历史的进程。

Politicians make good company for a while just as children do - their self-enjoyment is contagious. But they soon exhaust their favourite subjects -themselves.

政客们和孩子们一样,在一段时间内是很好的伙伴——他们的自娱自乐是会传染的。但他们很快就耗尽了他们最喜欢的科目——他们自己。

Also, I preached to gangs on the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx - and miracles began to happen.

此外,我还在曼哈顿、布鲁克林和布朗克斯区的街头向犯罪团伙布道——奇迹开始发生。