I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun.

  • -- Peter Albert David Singer 彼得·艾伯特·大卫·辛格

我不认为哀叹世界现状有什么意义,除非你能想出什么办法来改善它。否则,就不要写书了;去找一个热带岛屿,躺在阳光下。

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Similarly, only people as misanthropic as myself can be counted on not to have to lie to others, since we have the unique luxury of not caring what sort of opinions others formulate about us.

同样,只有像我这样厌世的人才能指望不去欺骗别人,因为我们有一种独特的奢侈,那就是不在乎别人对我们的看法。

It doesn't bother me one iota that most of my career has been playing people who are not that - well, let's say that people wouldn't aspire to be like them.

我的大部分职业生涯都是在扮演那些不那么优秀的人,这一点也不让我感到困扰——好吧,我们说人们不会渴望成为他们那样的人。

If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.

如果有什么事情困扰我,它会困扰我很长一段时间,直到我找到解决问题的方法。音乐为我提供了解决问题的方法。

The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies.

在他所上的几乎每一门课上,在他所读的几乎每一本书中,黑人的劣等思想都在他脑海中根深蒂固。

Everyone in the world should read this book. We should read it to learn about the world and what it means to be human.

世界上每个人都应该读这本书。我们应该阅读它来了解这个世界,以及它对人类的意义。

I could lie and pretend that I hunt and camp, but that wouldn't be me. Clothes? Shopping? That's stuff I like!

我可以撒谎,假装我打猎和露营,但那不是我。衣服吗?购物?那是我喜欢的东西!

There was the joke about Switzerland being an island surrounded by land. This was never true.

有一个笑话说瑞士是一个被陆地包围的岛屿。这从来都不是真的。

Unless I love something or hate it, I don't want to deal with it.

除非我喜欢或讨厌某件事,否则我不想处理它。

Indians are numerous in the tropical regions; not so elsewhere.

热带地区有许多印第安人;其他地方并非如此。

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

信念如果不转变为行为,就毫无价值。

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

把你的脸转向太阳,阴影就会落在你身后。

The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us.

太阳、月亮和星星都在那里指引我们。