I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change.

  • -- A. R. Ammons 安蒙斯

我必须在此强调一点,我欣赏明确性、秩序、意义、结构和合理性:它们对于我们所拥有的任何临时稳定都是必要的,并且它们可以成为渐进和成功变革的推动者。

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It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.

这是一件令人愉快的事情,并为那些为人类物种的逐渐退化而斗争的人提供了一个完整的答案,即每一个出生在这个世界上的婴儿都比上一个更好。

I would not be opposed to devising a new system of pensions, in which one part was based on collective provision, but which also gave incentives for people to take out an additional, personal plan.

我不反对设计一个新的养恤金制度,其中一个部分是以集体规定为基础的,但也鼓励人们采取额外的个人计划。

I was very strongly influenced by women's magazines and I really believed tha a woman could not be married and raise a family and have a successful career all at the same time.

我深受女性杂志的影响,我真的认为一个女人不可能同时结婚、养家和事业有成。

Look at all the marriages that have been wonderfully successful where fellows finished their army service and came home to go to college on G.I. bills and their wives worked.

看看那些非常成功的婚姻吧,在这些婚姻中,男人们服完兵役,靠退伍军人福利回家上大学,而他们的妻子在工作。

The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.

衡量成功的真正标准不是你银行账户的大小。这是你能在生活中做出积极改变的人的数量。

The holidays stress people out so much. I suggest you keep it simple and try to have as much fun as you can.

假期使人们压力很大。我建议你保持简单,尽量多玩。

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.

我的事业一直在逐步攀升。我想这就是我长寿的部分原因。

A positive mental attitude goes hand-in-hand with success in every area of life.

积极的心态与生活的方方面面的成功息息相关。

Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.

今天的口音可能是年轻人的,但压力仍然在父母身上。