The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.

  • -- Jean Cocteau 让·科克图

人生的真正悲剧与一个人的先入之见无关。事实上,人们总是被它们的简单、宏伟的设计以及其中所固有的奇异元素所迷惑。

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Madam Speaker, I have spent more than half my life as a member of the Resources Committee. In that time I have supported numerous wilderness designations. In fact, I cannot recall ever opposing a wilderness bill.

议长女士,我作为资源委员会成员已经度过了大半生。在那段时间里,我支持了许多荒野的命名。事实上,我不记得曾经反对过野生动物法案。

At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about how to write a compiler.

至少对于那些给我发邮件介绍他们正在设计的一种新语言的人来说,一般的建议是:通过编程来学习如何编写编译器。