As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment.

  • -- Peter Wright 彼得·赖特

当我还是个孩子的时候,我很喜欢做一个浪漫的,波希米亚式的艺术家。我想我可以摆脱数学和拼写的困难。也许我想我应该避免对体制的评判。

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It's easier to do Shakespeare than Spelling, and I know that sounds crazy, because the challenge of Shakespeare is living up to Shakespeare, living up to that word, not failing, you know, where with Aaron Spelling it's like, just try to look good. Or maybe don't use Spelling there, that's bad. No - you can. He's dead.

做莎士比亚比拼写莎士比亚更容易,我知道这听起来很疯狂,因为莎士比亚面临的挑战是不辜负莎士比亚,不辜负那个词,而不是失败,你知道,艾伦拼写的时候,就是试着看起来很好。或者不用拼写,这很糟糕。不,你可以。他死了。

Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if you do not remember, turn to a dictionary. It produces great praise to a lady to spell well.

当心别把一个字拼错了。在你写一个单词之前,一定要考虑它的拼写,如果你不记得,就查字典。拼写正确会给女士带来极大的赞扬。

Keep in mind that our community is not composed of those who are already saints, but of those who are trying to become saints. Therefore let us be extremely patient with each other's faults and failures.

请记住,我们的社区不是由那些已经是圣徒的人组成,而是由那些正在努力成为圣徒的人组成。因此,让我们对彼此的错误和失败极其耐心。

Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.

良心的每一个判断,无论是对的还是错的,是关于事物本身的邪恶还是道德上的冷漠,都是必须的,这样,违背良心的人总是有罪的。

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of their opportunities, and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of their difficulties.

悲观主义者是利用机遇创造困难的人,乐观主义者是利用困难创造机遇的人。

I'm a girl from a good family who was very well brought up. One day I turned my back on it all and became a bohemian.

我是一个来自一个很好的家庭的女孩,她很有教养。有一天,我背弃了这一切,变成了一个波希米亚人。

Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?'

就我个人而言,我认为教育机构最好的座右铭是:“或者你宁愿做一头骡子?”

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

没有什么偏见比幻想中摆脱一切偏见所产生的偏见更强烈的了。

If I had been a member of the academic establishment, I could have done other experiments.

如果我是学术机构的一员,我就可以做其他的实验。

As far as I can judge, not much good can be done without disturbing something or somebody.

在我看来,如果不打扰某人或某件事,就不会有什么好事发生。

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

演戏不是什么浪漫的事,甚至不是幻想,尽管你创造了幻想。

I can sit in front of the TV and watch an old romantic film and be transfixed.

我可以坐在电视机前看一部老的浪漫电影,然后被惊呆了。