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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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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 woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.

随波逐流的女人通常只会随波逐流。独自行走的女人很可能会发现自己置身于从未有人去过的地方。

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The majority of the time a person can't be organised and creative, it's one or the other. However, if you happen to be both, then you're bloody amazing.

大多数时候，一个人不能有组织和创造力，不是这样就是那样。然而，如果你碰巧两者兼备，那你就太棒了。

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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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Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon.

一旦你接触到人类的传记，政治信仰是由逻辑决定的观念就会像被扎破的气球一样崩溃。

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Informed physicians will be less likely to go bare. It places a tremendous amount of importance on proper asset protection.

知情的医生不太可能裸露。它非常重视适当的资产保护。

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I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.

我更愿意把自己想象成一个仍在学习的音乐家，每次都在尝试着去做一些事情。

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My reading is always about musical biographies. I have an innate interest and passion for that.

我总是读音乐传记。我对此有着与生俱来的兴趣和激情。

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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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