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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.

  • -- Richard Dawkins 理查德·道金斯

说没有人会吹嘘自己对文学的无知几乎已经成了陈词滥调，但吹嘘自己对科学的无知、自豪地宣称自己在数学方面的无能是可以被社会接受的。

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In school, when we lived in New Jersey, we went to Broadway a lot, so I saw a lot of Broadway plays, and I just loved being able to see people play a different character and, you know, be able to be themselves at the end of the night. So, I've always wanted to do it.

在学校，当我们住在新泽西的时候，我们经常去百老汇，所以我看了很多百老汇的戏剧，我很喜欢看到人们扮演不同的角色，你知道，在晚上结束的时候能够做自己。所以，我一直想这么做。

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I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return.

我喜欢数学，因为它不是人类，它与这个星球或整个偶然的宇宙没有什么特别的关系——因为，就像斯宾诺莎笔下的上帝一样，它也不会反过来爱我们。

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I could never accept findings based almost exclusively on mathematics. It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so.

我无法接受几乎完全基于数学的发现。不是无知造成了这个世界上所有的麻烦。人们知道的事情并不是这样。

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If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.

如果我们不能消灭这个国家的文学，我们至少可以阻止它从外部进入。

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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

不把一件事想错的长期习惯使它表面上看起来是对的。

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For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

就我而言，我相信罪的赦免和无知的救赎。

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Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.

科学可以被描述为系统的过度简化的艺术。

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I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

我不喜欢高级文学，但我认为我所有的书都是文学作品。

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I don't remember one thing I learned in school.

我不记得我在学校学过一件事。

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With great power comes great dissipation.

能力大，耗散也大。

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