The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his life in trains and restaurants and know nothing of humanity at the end. To know, one must be an actor as well as a spectator.

  • -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎

从旅游者的角度看,男人和女人的观点是不令人满意的。一个人可能在火车和餐馆里度过一生,到最后却对人性一无所知。要知道,一个人必须既是演员又是观众。

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Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between an audience and what appears on the stage or screen.

排练和放映室通常是不可靠的,因为它们不能提供观众和舞台或屏幕上出现的东西之间的化学反应。

The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly and injustice by being damnably sentimental.

这个世界既不明智也不公正,但它却以其可恨的多愁善感弥补了所有的愚蠢和不公。

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I did.

我想我确实有过当演员的幻想。事实上,我知道我做到了。

The world has not made a promise to anybody.

世界没有向任何人作出承诺。