If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences - where things turn out better than you thought they would - ought to be in there somewhere, too.

  • -- George Saunders 山德斯

如果你把小说作品看作是世界的一种尺度模型,那么积极的价值——事情的结果比你想象的要好——也应该存在于某个地方。

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So I had the opportunity to do what the kids in the Hershey program do, except that the Hershey program lets them do it on such a larger scale, with the regional and national competitions.

所以我有机会做好时项目的孩子们所做的事,除了好时项目让他们在更大的范围内做这件事,包括地区性和全国性的比赛。

I'd have to say that, in general, models take themselves too seriously. Basically, they are genetic freaks who spend a couple of hours in hair and makeup.

我不得不说,总的来说,模特们把自己看得太严肃了。基本上,他们是基因怪胎,花几个小时打理头发和化妆。

Most often I am only interested in an idea if it's going to get hundreds of millions of users. That's the scale that I am always trying to play to.

大多数情况下,我只对能够吸引数亿用户的创意感兴趣。这就是我一直想要演奏的音阶。

I'll never forget the day I realized I wasn't quite the Ford model I thought I was.

我永远不会忘记那一天,我意识到我不完全是我所认为的福特车型。