Words can sometimes be used to confuse, but it's up to the practitioners of the study of language to apply them for good and not for evil. It is just like fire; fire can heat your house or burn it down.

  • -- Frank Luntz 弗兰克·伦茨

词汇有时会被用来混淆视听,但这取决于语言研究的实践者如何将其应用于善而非恶。它就像火一样;火可以加热你的房子,也可以把它烧掉。

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Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.

名声是一件很让人困惑的事情,因为你被很多你从未见过的人认出来了,他们有很大的优势。

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.

诗歌记录的情感和情绪超出了正常的语言,只能拼凑在一起,隐喻性地暗示。

Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.

每次你去看医生,得到一份好的报告,胜算就会越来越大。

Good books make you ask questions. Bad readers want everything answered.

好书使人爱问问题。坏读者想要所有的答案。

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

不要把一次失败和最后的失败混为一谈。

We inhabit a language rather than a country.

我们居住的是一种语言,而不是一个国家。