She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.

  • -- Toni Morrison 托尼·莫里森

她是心灵的朋友。她把我召集起来。我是碎片,她把它们收集起来,按正确的顺序还给我。有个女人是你心灵的朋友,这很好。

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Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.

是啊,我们一出校门就搬起石头砸了自己的脚。一开始经营这家公司的人在我们有多少资本的问题上误导了几乎所有人。他说我们有足够的钱过三年不赚钱的日子,也有足够的钱过三个星期。

The restaurant chefs in Spain are breaking ground, but in terms of the everyday cooking in Spain I still hear people coming back and saying they were disappointed. I think it's because they're expecting the chef stuff.

西班牙的餐馆厨师正在破土动工,但就西班牙的日常烹饪而言,我仍然听到人们回来说他们很失望。我想是因为他们在等厨师的菜。

I wouldn't go back on my old days, though; everybody needs to have their wild years. It's just a question of when and I'd rather have had them early than be doing it as a mid-life crisis type thing.

不过,我不会回到过去;每个人都需要狂野的岁月。这只是一个时间的问题,我宁愿早点吃,也不愿把它当作中年危机一类的事情来做。

It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.

这取决于我们是否认可自己。如果我们等着别人说出来,当别人说不出来的时候,我们会感到怨恨,而当别人说出来的时候,我们很可能会拒绝。

We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end.

我们有很好的白人朋友,他们劝我们不要走上战争的道路。我的朋友兼兄弟查普曼先生告诉我们战争将如何结束。

All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.

所有的情感都是纯洁的,它们聚集着你,鼓舞着你;这种情感是不纯洁的,它只抓住你存在的一面,因此扭曲了你。

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's "mature" critics often are.

无论如何,为自己的孩子将来成为成年人而写,要比为孩子的“成熟”评论家而写更健康。

You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.

你必须在衣帽间里解决问题,当你解决了问题之后,你可以在投票前进行一点辩论。

There's a difference between knowing somebody & hearing about somebody. Just because you "heard" doesn't mean you "know".

认识某人和听说某人是有区别的。你“听说”并不意味着你“知道”。

Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.

永远不要试图给一个女人留下好印象,因为如果你这样做了,她会期望你在你的余生都能保持这种标准。

A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.

一个作家可能会告诉我,他认为人类最终会变成鸵鸟。我不能完全反驳他。

You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.

你可以通过你最喜欢的电影来规划你的生活,没有两个人的地图是相同的。

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

即使我知道明天这个世界将会破碎,我仍然会种下我的苹果树。

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

我当然不是那种需要被督促的人。事实上,如果说有什么区别的话,那就是我是个刺头。

Disease is an experience of a so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body.

疾病是一种所谓的凡人心灵的体验。这是在身体上显现出来的恐惧。

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

老朋友的好处之一就是你可以和他们一起做傻事。

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

如果有什么事是一个人能做好的,我说让他去做。给他一个机会。

The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.

女人唯一真正成功地改变男人的时候是在他还是个婴儿的时候。

You appear to have a good project... we wish you well in this endeavor.

你似乎有一个很好的计划…我们祝愿你们在这一努力中取得成功。

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

采撷花瓣,得不到花的美丽。

I did my work slowly, drop by drop. I tore it out of me by pieces.

我一点一滴地慢慢地做我的工作。我把它撕得粉碎。

A cross-grained woman and a snappish dog take care of the house.

一个脾气古怪的女人和一条脾气暴躁的狗看家。

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

你说话要谨慎一点,免得毁了自己的前程。

Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

艺术本身就是从混乱中恢复秩序的一种尝试。

As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.

没有人生来就是艺术家,也没有人生来就是垂钓者。

A penny is a lot of money, if you have not got a penny.

如果你没有一分钱,一分钱是一大笔钱。

Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately.

有些人被迫成为伟人,但不是最近。

You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.

你必须是父母;你不可能成为他们的朋友。

To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

对我来说,老年总是比我大十岁。

My mother, she's like, She can work on herself.

我妈妈,她说,她可以自己锻炼。

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.

谁控制了媒体,谁就控制了思想。

Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

艺术是使我们认识真理的谎言。

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

我渴望秩序,却发现它只存在于艺术中。

We had a pretty good lead, so why push it.

我们有一个很好的领先优势,所以为什么要推动它。