For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings - all the human actions we think of as essential to a character - had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state.

  • -- Adam Johnson 亚当·约翰逊

对全体民众来说,变革、成长和自发性是危险的。根据个人的欲望行事,低声诉说隐藏的渴望,揭示你的真实感受——所有我们认为对一个角色至关重要的人类行为——都被自我审查,以免受到国家的惩罚。

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Well, everybody knew their character. I was the only one who didn't have a partner. I basically showed up when people got in trouble. Where I came from, I don't know. Nobody knows. But I would show up to help.

每个人都知道他们的性格。我是唯一一个没有伴侣的人。我基本上是在人们遇到麻烦的时候出现的。我来自哪里,我不知道。没有人知道。但我会去帮忙的。

It's good to raise awareness that men and boys are struggling, at least many of them are. But why say men are finished? It's too harsh, too sweeping, and it happens to not be true.

让人们意识到男人和男孩都在挣扎,这是件好事,至少他们中的许多人都在挣扎。但为什么说男人完了呢?这太苛刻了,太笼统了,而且碰巧不是真的。

I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.

我年轻的时候对自己的美貌没有任何信心。我觉得自己就像一个角色演员,现在依然如此。

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

你不会因你的愤怒而受到惩罚,你会因你的愤怒而受到惩罚。

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

国家和个人一样,都要为他们的罪行受到惩罚。

A true initiation never ends.

真正的开始永远不会结束。