When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

当一种新的税收来源被发现时,实际上并不意味着旧的税收来源被抛弃。这仅仅意味着政客们有两种方式榨取纳税人的钱,而以前他们只有一种。

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One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

动力的一个非常重要的方面是愿意停下来,去看那些别人懒得看的东西。这种简单的专注于通常被认为是理所当然的事情的过程是创造力的强大源泉。

To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.

对于那些被告知我抛弃了他们的支持者,这是不真实的。我抛弃了贪婪、腐败和妥协,而不是你,也不是支撑我的艺术天赋和能力。

It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first thing I abandoned while writing were the characters.

这对我来说是一个悖论,我唯一知道怎么做的就是演戏,但我在写作时放弃的第一件事是角色。

Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.

每当你追溯一种技能或实践的起源,这种技能或实践在人类的崛起中发挥了至关重要的作用,我们通常会到达游戏的境界。

Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better, it's about befriending who we are.

冥想练习不是要把自己抛弃,变得更好,而是要和自己成为朋友。

Those who break the rules are scum, that's true, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum.

那些违反规则的人是人渣,这是真的,但是那些抛弃朋友的人比人渣更糟糕。

Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

绘画是无穷乐趣的源泉,但也有极大的痛苦。

A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.

放弃真理的教会就放弃了自己。