Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic or political ends which are not really ends in themselves but means to other ends which in their turn are means and so ad infinitum.

  • -- Christopher Dawson 克里斯多夫·道森

人是一种手段而不是目的,他是达到经济或政治目的的一种手段,而经济或政治目的本身并不是真正的目的,而是达到其他目的的手段,而这些目的反过来又是手段,如此无穷。

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That means presenting the issues in certain ways that will appeal to those people and then becoming a prisoner of your own language and thought process. That has always happened - it's just been intensified.

这意味着以特定的方式提出问题,吸引那些人,然后成为你自己的语言和思维过程的囚徒。这种情况一直都在发生,只是变得更加严重了。

People like me have to have the discipline only to work for clients, corporations, political people, products, services, networks that we believe in and we want to see succeed.

像我这样的人只有在为客户、公司、政界人士、产品、服务和我们相信并希望看到成功的网络工作时,才需要遵守纪律。

People with HIV are still stigmatized. The infection rates are going up. People are dying. The political response is appalling. The sadness of it, the waste.

艾滋病毒携带者仍然受到歧视。感染率正在上升。人死亡。政治上的反应令人震惊。它的悲伤,它的浪费。

You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.

你不需要真正的现代化才能完全和完整地存在。你需要现代和传统的结合。

Empowering women means trusting them.

赋予妇女权力意味着信任她们。

I really don't like take-out.

我真的不喜欢叫外卖。