A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate.

  • -- Christopher James Hampton 克里斯托弗·詹姆斯·汉普顿

在这个多事之秋,许多失望和不幸都是文学和相关艺术的直接结果。我们相信,任何把自己的生命和精力用于幻想的人,从根本上来说都是不够的。

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By encouraging conservation, increasing investments in clean, renewable sources of energy, and promoting increased domestic production of oil and gas, we can build a more secure future for our country.

通过鼓励节约,增加对清洁、可再生能源的投资,促进国内石油和天然气产量的增加,我们可以为我们的国家建设一个更加安全的未来。

The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not without influence on a scientific studies of animal psychology.

把对人类智力和性格的研究局限于对意识状态的研究,对动物心理学的科学研究不无影响。

When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb.

当你在山谷里的时候,把你的目标牢牢地记在脑海里,你就会获得继续攀登的新能量。

The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee.

狗对生活兴趣的需求几乎与人类无异,但它的预见能力却不如人类。