The biographies and autobiographies are on the whole more impressive than the fiction of the last two decades, but the freakish best sellers among them are least likely to withstand the test of time.

  • -- Harold Acton 阿克顿

总的来说,传记和自传比过去二十年的小说更令人印象深刻,但其中那些怪异的畅销书最不可能经受住时间的考验。

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Be Humble And Forgiving, It Makes You Resilient. Don't Be Proud, It Makes You Rigid. Remember, Grass Withstands Storms Where Trees Get Uprooted..

保持谦逊和宽容,这会让你更有韧性。不要骄傲,这会让你变得僵硬。记住,草能抵抗风暴,而树木却被连根拔起。

I've probably earned the right to screw up a few times. I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about.

我可能已经赢得了搞砸几次的权利。我不希望失败的恐惧阻止我去做我真正在乎的事情。

Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.

每一位伟大的运动员总有一天都要向那位常年的冠军——时间之父鞠躬,即使是我,因为时间最终会获胜。

I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

我感兴趣的事实是,一个人越没有安全感,就越有可能产生极端的偏见。

I've always had an abundance of material about the subjects of my biographies.

关于我的传记主题,我总是有大量的资料。

I read a lot of biographies and books with an African background.

我读了很多有非洲背景的传记和书籍。

If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.

如果我们保持开放的心态,太多的东西可能会落入其中。

The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

买家需要一百只眼睛,卖家不需要一只。