I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don't laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that's not real laughter.

  • -- Steve Martin 史蒂夫·马丁

我意识到当时的喜剧演员都是靠笑话和妙语来表演的。当你说到笑点的时候,观众要么真诚地笑,要么自动地笑,要么不笑。使我烦恼的是那种不由自主的笑声。我说,那不是真正的笑。

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Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness.

每一天,人们都满足于低于他们应得的。他们只是部分地活着,或者至多是部分地活着。每个人都有成为伟人的潜力。

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

当奥运会和世界杯到来的时候,你就会看到人们对女足真正的支持。

It's a real player move to take a girl wine-tasting on a date - she'll like that.

带一个女孩去品酒会,她会喜欢的。

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.

假期就是无事可做,整天无所事事。