Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

人们通过不断地以一种特定的方式行动来获得一种特定的品质。通过正义的行为,你变得公正;通过有节制的行为,你变得温和;通过勇敢的行为,你变得勇敢。

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I often feel that I have a split personality. I love more than anything to be in my study writing, but when it's time to do a book tour, I love that extroverted part, too - talking to people, reading, traveling, going out into the world.

我经常觉得我有分裂的人格。我最喜欢学习写作,但是当我要去读书的时候,我也喜欢外向的那部分——与人交谈,阅读,旅行,走向世界。

The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his life in trains and restaurants and know nothing of humanity at the end. To know, one must be an actor as well as a spectator.

从旅游者的角度看,男人和女人的观点是不令人满意的。一个人可能在火车和餐馆里度过一生,到最后却对人性一无所知。要知道,一个人必须既是演员又是观众。

I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally. To be honest, I welcome those hardships.

我认为这是我的个性,克服困难,从中学习,变得更强大,无论是在个人还是职业上。老实说,我欢迎这些困难。

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.

人们成为女演员往往是因为他们不喜欢自己:他们假装自己是别人。

We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

我们都是无神论者,对于大多数人类曾经信仰的神。我们中的一些人走得更远。

If I had free will, I would choose to be funnier.

如果我有自由的意志,我会选择变得更有趣。