The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

生存的斗争不仅存在于物质世界,也存在于精神世界。理论是一种思维,它的生存权与它抵抗竞争对手灭绝的能力是相辅相成的。

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If you have a good ear for dialogue, you just can't help thinking about the way people talk. You're drawn to it. And the obsessive interest in it forces you to develop it. You almost can't help yourself.

如果你对对话有敏锐的听觉,你就会不由自主地想到人们说话的方式。你被它吸引了。对它的痴迷感迫使你去发展它。你几乎控制不了自己。

For now, I'm just going to hang out with these two smoking hotties and fly privately around the world. It might be lonely up here, but I sure like the view.

现在,我只打算和这两个抽烟的辣妹呆在一起,然后自己飞到世界各地去。这里可能有点寂寞,但我很喜欢这里的景色。

We go on dates thinking that person is our future husband or wife, without getting to know them, as we live in a fantasy and an illusion of romance.

我们在约会时认为那个人是我们未来的丈夫或妻子,却不了解他们,因为我们生活在幻想和浪漫的幻想中。

Doing the right thing for someone else was like a tonic for me; it was like some magic ointment that made a wound disappear.

为别人做正确的事对我来说就像一剂补药;就像某种神奇的药膏,能让伤口消失。

Clearly, children's charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevolent programs.

显然,儿童慈善机构很难找到私人资金来源来维持他们的慈善项目。

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

总有一天,回想起来,那些奋斗的岁月会给你留下最美好的印象。

Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.

选择合适的人从事合适的工作是教练工作的最大组成部分。

The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part.

世界就像一个舞台,每个人都在其中扮演一个角色。