I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.

  • -- Vera Brittain 维拉·布里顿

我认识一对夫妻,不管法院给出的离婚的官方理由是什么,他们真的离婚了,因为丈夫认为没有人应该在他说话的时候读书,而妻子认为没有人应该在她读书的时候说话。

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The principles behind explaining and educating the product or the elected official is similar, even though the actual execution of it is very, very different.

解释和教育产品或民选官员背后的原则是相似的,尽管实际执行情况非常、非常不同。

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

事实不能说明一切。他们支持或反对相互竞争的理论。脱离理论或幻想的事实只是孤立的奇闻异事。

We had to make ends meet. My parents were divorced, so my father wasn't really in my life. We grew up like most kids, just wanting things.

我们必须收支相抵。我父母离婚了,所以我的生活中没有父亲。我们像大多数孩子一样长大,只是想要一些东西。

I have no intention of resigning, and confidently expect to resume official duties within three months.

本人无意辞职,并有信心在三个月内恢复公务。