Thinking is generally thought of as doing nothing in a production-oriented society, and doing nothing is hard to do. It's best done by disguising it as doing something, and the something closest to doing nothing is walking.

  • -- Rebecca Solnit 索尔尼

在一个以生产为导向的社会里,人们通常认为什么都不做,什么都不做很难。最好的办法是把它伪装成在做某件事,而最接近无所事事的事情就是走路。

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When we are busy at work and busy at home, an hour's walking every day becomes a real luxury. If done alone, the walk injects a period of meditation into the day, and if done in company, it allows space for some really good conversation.

当我们在工作和家里都很忙的时候,每天一个小时的步行变成了一种真正的奢侈。如果一个人散步,会给一天注入一段时间的冥想,如果是在公司里散步,会给一些很好的谈话留出空间。

Characters can become boring. That's what's tricky about television. It goes on and on - you're playing this same character for five seasons and it gets easy to fall into just walking on the set and assuming you know how to play a scene.

角色会变得无聊。这就是电视的微妙之处。这种情况会一直持续下去——你在剧中扮演同一个角色已经有五季了,你很容易就会陷入一种走在片场的感觉,并且认为你知道怎么演一个场景。

While some of my closest friends were jocks, it seemed that they spoke a different language with each other. Joining in their conversation was fraught with risk.

虽然我的一些最亲密的朋友都是运动员,但他们似乎彼此说着不同的语言。加入他们的谈话充满了风险。

Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.

滑翔机,驾驶飞机,它们是很棒的飞行机器。这是你最接近鸟类的方式。