The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called "life", expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing.

  • -- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra 艾兹格·迪科斯彻

学生们,就像马戏团里的野生动物一样,正在为它所谓的“生活”做准备,他们只希望得到上面所描述的训练,这将让他们大失所望:按照他的标准,他几乎什么也学不到。

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Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.

障碍就像野兽。他们是懦夫,但如果可能,他们会吓唬你的。如果他们看到你害怕他们……他们很可能向你扑来;但是如果你直视他们的眼睛,他们就会溜走。

All unemployment compensation should be tied to a job training requirement. Now the fact is, 99 weeks is an associate degree.

所有的失业补偿都应与职业培训要求挂钩。事实上,99周是副学士学位。

I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success.

我习惯逆境,在困难的情况下也能很好地工作。我很难接受成功。

I felt like a hunted animal, followed constantly, waiting to be killed.

我觉得自己像一只被猎杀的动物,不断被跟踪,等待被猎杀。

If a job's worth doing, it's too hard.

如果一项工作值得做,那就太难了。

It's all about training smart.

这一切都是关于聪明的训练。