As to judging our own time, and thereby gaining some basis for a judgment of future possibilities, we are doubtless not only too close to it to appraise it but too much formed by it and enclosed within it to do so.

  • -- Emily Greene Balch 鲍尔奇

关于判断我们自己的时间,从而为判断未来的可能性获得一些基础,我们无疑不仅太接近时间而无法对其进行评价,而且由时间所形成的、包含在时间之内的东西太多而无法对其进行评价。

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I have learned the hard way to mind my business, without judging who people are and what they do. I am more troubled by the lack of space being provided for the truth to unfold. Humans cannot seem to wait for or honor the truth. Instead, we make it up based on who we believe people should or should not be.

我已经学会了在不评判别人是谁、做什么的情况下管好自己的事。我更担心的是,没有足够的空间让真相展现出来。人类似乎不能等待或尊重真相。相反,我们根据我们认为人们应该或不应该成为的人来编造。

Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego.

因为当数以百万计的人都有这种满足的需求时,文化告诉我们,每个人都有可能随时满足他们所有的需求和欲望,很明显会有冲突——自我冲突。

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.

环境使我们这样做。在评判别人的行为之前,我们应该永远记住这一点。我从第二次世界大战开始就意识到了这一点。

When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, I was a bandleader for my brother's band.

当我还是个孩子的时候,我和我的朋友组成了一个乐队,长号短的铜管乐队。当我六岁的时候,我是我哥哥乐队的乐队指挥。

I had been working in colour for ten years or so and looked at digital and liked the possibilities it gave me.

我从事彩绘工作已经有十年左右的时间了,看着数码产品,我喜欢它给我带来的可能性。

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

这一直是我的座右铭:尝试不可能的事来提高你的工作。

We give each other a hard time, but no pranks.

我们给对方一个艰难的时间,但没有恶作剧。