Whereas fiction is a continual discovery of what one wants to say, what one feels, what one means, and is, in that sense, a performance art, biography requires different skills - research and organization.

  • -- Edmund White 埃德蒙·怀特

小说是对一个人想说什么,有什么感觉,有什么意思的不断探索,从这个意义上说,是一种行为艺术,而传记需要不同的技巧——研究和组织。

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A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by the way - when you get it, we don't know it.

一个有幽默感的人可以学习磨练他的技巧,但是我认为你不可能培养出幽默感——你要么有,要么没有。顺便说一下,当你得到它的时候,我们并不知道。

Just because you are CEO, don't think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I've never forgotten that.

不要因为你是首席执行官,就认为你已经成功了。你必须不断提高你的学习能力,你的思维方式,以及你与公司打交道的方式。我从来没有忘记这一点。

In terms of the principles of politics, I think I understand well. Thailand needs someone who has leadership, who has the management skills to help the country.

就政治原则而言,我想我很了解。泰国需要一个有领导能力、有管理技能的人来帮助这个国家。

Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.

预订旅行和研究提供了很多旅行——有时我觉得太多了,但我们确实会度假。

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.

粗糙的分类和错误的概括是有组织生活的祸根。

I support stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research.

我支持干细胞研究,包括胚胎干细胞研究。