We're competing with everything: the beach, the mall, bookstores. Libraries are in a transition right now, caught between two forces, the old ways and technology. Libraries are under a lot of pressure to provide both.

  • -- John Callahan 约翰·卡拉汉

我们在与一切竞争:海滩、商场、书店。图书馆现在正处于转型之中,夹在两股力量之间,一股是旧的方式,另一股是技术。图书馆承受着提供这两种服务的巨大压力。

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Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.

就像我们长大后不再穿裤子一样,我们也不再穿熟人、图书馆、原则等等,有时裤子还没穿坏,有时——这是最糟糕的——还没有新裤子。

And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.

我想以正确的方式来做这件事,就像其他人一样,而不仅仅是一个著名的有名无实的人,因为他是一个著名的篮球运动员而得到一份工作。我想真正地学习商业。

What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall.

过去四年,市政厅一直在关闭娱乐中心和图书馆。我们没有在市政厅照看我们的孩子。

The television business is actually going through a tremendous transition, but I think at the end of the day, television is still paramount.

电视行业实际上正在经历一个巨大的转变,但我认为说到底,电视仍然是最重要的。

The only one who can make two wrongs equal a right, is He who works all things together!

只有一个人能把两个错误变成一个正确,那就是把所有事情一起做的人!

I do talk to myself, just not in a whisper. But I have caught myself sometimes.

我确实在自言自语,但不是低声细语。但我有时也会克制自己。

I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit.

有一次我去看心理医生,但是我发现他去算命,所以我就辞职了。

I don't think I will be less good because there's less pressure on me.

我不认为我会变差,因为我的压力更小了。

I had an agenda. It was a very smooth transition.

我有个计划。这是一个非常平稳的过渡。

Hermits have no peer pressure.

隐士没有同伴的压力。