There's a basic kind of tension here. It's between those who say, I'd like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that's an economically productive thing for me to do.

  • -- Bruce Babbitt 布鲁斯·巴比特

这里有一种基本的张力。有人说,我想把这片森林砍伐掉,把它砍成锯材,因为这对我来说是一件具有经济效益的事情。

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The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become. The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become.

我们越慷慨,我们就越快乐。我们越合作,我们就越有价值。我们的热情越高,我们的效率就越高。我们越服事人,就越昌盛。

Many people - and I think I am one of them - are more productive when they've had a little to drink. I find if I drink two or three brandies, I'm far better able to write.

很多人——我想我也是其中之一——在喝了一点酒后效率更高。我发现如果我喝两到三杯白兰地,我的写作能力会好得多。

And we reduce almost all male-female problems by working on both the female and the male. And that usually means having both sexes take responsibility.

我们通过研究女性和男性来减少几乎所有的男性和女性的问题。这通常意味着双方都要承担责任。

If you manage to stop the timber industry from cutting this forest, they'll cut that forest. If you stop oil drilling here, they'll go drill there.

如果你设法阻止木材工业砍伐这片森林,他们就会砍伐那片森林。如果你停止在这里开采石油,他们就会到那里去开采。

If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees.

如果你砍伐了一片森林,如果没有更多的树,你拥有多少锯木厂都没有关系。

Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time.

与今天的工资相比,我们的削减幅度很小,但在当时是非常好的。

I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie.

我认为人们喜欢害怕。我认为人们喜欢电影中的紧张和悬疑。

The more we reduce the amount of information in an idea, the stickier it will be.

我们在一个想法中减少的信息量越多,它就会变得越有粘性。

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

真正的和平不仅仅是没有紧张,它是正义的存在。

Though you live near a forest, do not waste firewood.

虽然你住在森林附近,但不要浪费木柴。