Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.

  • -- Frederick W. Taylor 泰罗

一个称职的工人如果不花大量的时间研究他的工作究竟有多慢,同时又能使他的雇主相信他干得不错,那他是很难找到的。

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I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-aged person, you pay such big consequences for saying, 'I'm just going to devote my life to making art,' or 'I'm going to devote my life to writing novels.' You end up with no resources.

我认为成为一名艺术家比以往任何时候都难。我认为你最终,尤其是作为一个中年人,你要为说“我要把我的一生奉献给艺术”或“我要把我的一生奉献给写小说”而付出巨大的代价。“你最终会一无所有。

Seven and half years ago I began my own journey. For me and my family it was a time of adversity. But during that adversity I derived a deeper faith. And born out of that adversity was a commitment to devote myself to those people and to those issues that truly matter to me.

七年半前,我开始了自己的旅程。对我和我的家人来说,这是一个不幸的时刻。但在那次灾难中,我获得了更深的信念。从逆境中诞生的是一种承诺,致力于那些人和那些对我真正重要的事情。

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

我们必须发展和保持宽恕的能力。没有宽恕的能力,就没有爱的能力。我们最坏的一面也有好的一面,最好的一面也有坏的一面。当我们发现这一点时,我们就不那么容易憎恨敌人了。

What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school, it's really going to be hard for them in high school.

我真正上瘾的是让人们明白,如果他们的孩子没有能力从中学毕业就阅读,那么他们在高中就会很困难。

It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.

希望在不远的将来,我们能够理解像星星这样简单的东西,这是明智的判断。

I'm cool with where I'm at. It's certain things I wanna do to be better, but I'm good.

我对我现在的处境很满意。有些事情我想做得更好,但我很好。

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

没有男人能理解为什么女人宁愿要好的名声也不要好的时光。

Obviously I don't really go to church any more - no time.

很明显,我再也不去教堂了——没有时间。