Finance, like time, devours its own children.

  • -- Honoré de Balzac 尊敬的巴尔扎克

金钱像时间一样吞噬自己的孩子。

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The more anxious, isolated and time-deprived we are, the more likely we are to turn to paid personal services. To finance these extra services, we work longer hours. This leaves less time to spend with family, friends and neighbors; we become less likely to call on them for help, and they on us.

我们越焦虑、越孤立、越缺乏时间,就越有可能求助于付费个人服务。为了给这些额外的服务提供资金,我们延长了工作时间。这就减少了与家人、朋友和邻居相处的时间;我们不太可能向他们求助,他们也不太可能向我们求助。

I think people are turning inward more now cause the world's got in such a weird, crazy state. I think its making people think more about their life and what it is really that they are doing. And how do we interact with a world that's going crazy? It's a very important time.

我认为人们现在更倾向于内向,因为这个世界正处于如此奇怪、疯狂的状态。我认为这让人们更多地思考他们的生活和他们真正在做什么。我们如何与这个疯狂的世界互动?这是一个非常重要的时刻。

To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections.

说句公道话,说谎是公众生活的一部分。每个政客都撒过谎,因为他们被资助选举的特殊利益集团所拥有。

Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.

有时候,一个积极的政策最好是在合适的时间之前什么都不做,或者永远不做。

My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.

我的完美读者不只是读书——他或她会狼吞虎咽地读书。