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The novel that's contemporary in the sense of being wholly 'of now' is an impossibility, if only because novels may take years to write, so the 'now' with which they begin will be defunct by the time they're finished.

  • -- Graham Swift 格拉汉姆·史威夫特

从完全“当下”的意义上讲，当代小说是不可能的，因为小说可能要花好几年的时间来写，所以小说开头的“现在”在写完的时候就已经不存在了。

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There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our being where we are today, and I think that to even to begin to understand our contemporary issues and contemporary problems, you have to understand a little bit about that history.

有很多历史因素在我们今天所处的位置上发挥了作用，我认为，要想开始理解我们当代的问题和当代的问题，你必须对那段历史有一点了解。

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It's this simple law, which every writer knows, of taking two opposites and putting them in a room together. I love anything with Cartman and Butters at the same time, it's great.

这是一个简单的定律，每个作家都知道，把两个对立的东西放在一个房间里。我喜欢任何与卡特曼和黄油一起吃的东西，太棒了。

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There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.

有一种追求完美的激情，你很少能看到这种激情得到充分的发展;但你可能会注意到，在成功的人生中，它从来不是完全缺乏的。

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I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics.

我认为旋律是我第一次听到一首歌，如果我喜欢这个旋律，我会更仔细地注意歌词。

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I don't worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike.

我不担心这个时期是当代的还是三百年前的。人类都是一样的。

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The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly become a thought.

作家的快乐是能成为情感的思想，能完全成为思想的情感。

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