It is a distortion, with something profoundly disloyal about it, to picture the human being as a teetering, fallible contraption, always needing watching and patching, always on the verge of flapping to pieces.

  • -- Lewis Thomas 路易斯·汤马斯

把人类想象成一个摇摇欲坠、容易犯错的精巧装置,总是需要观察和修补,总是处在被撕成碎片的边缘,这是一种扭曲,带有某种极不忠诚的东西。

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To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater distortion than ignoring the unconscious completely.

探究行为的无意识决定因素,然后用他们的术语来定义一个人,完全忽略他的公开行为,这比完全忽略无意识更扭曲。

The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the unusual and marvelous.

与无意识地忽视动物的精神生活相比,无意识地歪曲事实几乎是无害的,直到它接近不寻常和不可思议的地步。

When somebody wants me to sign an old picture, it's like looking at another person.

当有人要我在一张旧照片上签名时,我就像在看着另一个人一样。

Its not really about the movie business, it's about staying in the picture.

这并不是电影行业的事,而是要留在电影里。