There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list.

  • -- Charles Babbage 巴贝奇

然而,学术机构还有另一个作用。当他们由少数以知识著称的人组成时,被列入他们的名单就成了雄心壮志的目标。

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But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.

但是生活中有苦难,也有失败。没有人能避免它们。但是,在为梦想而奋斗的过程中,宁可输掉一些战斗,也不要在不知道自己在为什么的情况下被打败。

The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night went so fast; I can't remember what I said or what happened.

奥斯卡颁奖典礼是一个美妙的夜晚。我知道我有点失去理智了。我为此道歉。那天晚上过得真快;我不记得我说了什么或发生了什么。

Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me.

在我获得奥斯卡奖之前,我和爸爸相处得很好。他真的很爱我,直到我得到了比他更多的关注。然后他恨我。

Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they weary themselves.

不聪明的人就像长在好地上的杂草;他们喜欢被逗乐的程度与他们感到疲倦的程度成正比。

The purpose of life is to find your way back to a spiritual way of thinking and living to be able to get past the physical stuff.

生活的目的是找到一种回归精神的思维方式和生活方式的方式,能够克服物质的东西。

There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.

有些人,当他们不再使我们震惊时,我们也不再感兴趣。