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So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

艺术是如此博大，人类的智慧是如此狭隘。

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My plays are for the kind of black people who relate to funk music, to Parliament-Funkadelic. When those guys get out of a spaceship - the idea that black people are from outer space, there's a poetic truth to that. We are this vast people.

我的剧本是写给那些喜欢放克音乐的黑人的，属于议会放克乐派。当这些人走出宇宙飞船——黑人来自外太空的想法，有一个诗意的真理。我们是如此广大的人民。

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Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists and of the mankind which ultimately benefits from his endeavors.

的确，科学家是幸福的，他不仅拥有我列举的快乐，而且还赢得了其他科学家和人类的认可，这些认可最终得益于他的努力。

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You don't need to be for or against the war to provide morale and support to the men and women who are fighting over seas. These are human beings who are doing a service.

你不需要支持或反对战争，就可以为在海上作战的男女将士提供士气和支持。这些人是在服务他人。

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Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.

最后，和演员们的约会，对我来说就像晚上逛街聊天一样。过了一会儿我就厌倦了。所以我越出名，我的选择就越窄。

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I get to choose things that interest me as opposed to trying to get any job that will have me, which for a vast majority of actors is the case.

我可以选择自己感兴趣的东西，而不是去找任何一份让我感兴趣的工作，而对绝大多数演员来说，这是事实。

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The greatest obstacle to human liberty is that the vast majority of people do not wish to be free.

人类自由的最大障碍是绝大多数人不希望自由。

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War was forced upon mankind in his original civil and social condition.

战争是在人类最初的文明和社会条件下强加给人类的。

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If you have wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.

如果你有智慧和学识，那就加上智慧和谦虚吧。

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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

自信比机智更有助于交谈。

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