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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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Every time I started going in the direction of thinking how it might turn out, I started to just turn my brain around and not go there, because I think the surest way to guarantee that you won't win is to assume that you will.

每次我开始思考结果的时候，我就会转过头去，不去想它，因为我认为保证你不会赢的最可靠的方法就是假设你会赢。

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A tree you pass by every day is just a tree. If you are to closely examine what a tree has and the life a tree has, even the smallest thing can withstand a curiosity, and you can examine whole worlds.

你每天路过的那棵树只是一棵树。如果你仔细观察一棵树所拥有的和它所拥有的生命，即使是最小的东西也能经得起好奇心的考验，你可以观察整个世界。

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The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us; we just learned by doing what we saw, and we were warriors at a time when boys now are like girls.

我本国的少年人，从幼年就学习人的道，没有人教导我们。我们只是通过做我们所看到的来学习，在那个男孩和女孩一样的时代，我们是战士。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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