Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.

  • -- Nate Silver 内特·希尔

在印刷术出现之前,书籍基本上是奢侈品。

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I'm very much in support of the free press, but the free press ought to be educational and informative. And I believe they have fallen down recently on that.

我非常支持新闻自由,但新闻自由应该具有教育性和知识性。我相信他们最近在这方面有所下降。

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.

如果所有的印刷商都下定决心不印刷任何东西,除非他们确信这样做不会冒犯任何人,那么印刷出来的东西就会很少。

And that's why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat.

这就是为什么我所有的图画书都存在的原因:它们似乎都是由一个简单的、情绪乐观的故事情节改编而成的。

I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person.

我觉得自己在媒体上曝光太多了。我宁愿表演节目,亲自表现自己。

I'm beginning to think that you should only be allowed to serve two terms, before madness sets in.

我开始认为,在你发疯之前,你只能连任两届。

I'd like to see the bay cleaned up before I die.

我想在死之前看到海湾被清理干净。