When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.

  • -- Carl Sagan 卡尔·萨根

当开普勒发现他长期以来的信念与最精确的观测结果不一致时,他接受了这个令人不安的事实。他宁愿要严酷的事实,也不愿要他最宝贵的幻想;这就是科学的核心。

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I remember, my mom didn't have any help, so if she needed to be somewhere after school, we'd just go down to the neighbors' and she'd give us a snack and make sure we did our homework. There weren't any latchkey kids.

我记得,我妈妈没有任何帮助,所以如果她放学后需要去什么地方,我们就去邻居家,她会给我们一些零食,确保我们做了家庭作业。没有带钥匙的孩子。

Juno: Sacred Heart o’ Jesus, take away our hearts o’ stone, and give us hearts o’ flesh! Take away this murdherin’ hate, an’ give us Thine own eternal love!

朱诺:圣心耶稣,把我们的石头心拿走,给我们肉心!把这仇恨除掉,给我们你永恒的爱!

I acted in junior high in the junior high school group, and then when I got into senior high I was, you know, the main actor of the senior high school.

我在初中的时候在初中组里表演,然后当我上高中的时候,你知道,我是高中的主要演员。

But words are words. I never yet did hear That the bruised heart was pierce'd through the ear.

但言语就是言语。我从未听说那颗受伤的心在耳朵上穿孔了。