The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

对于那些在远处观看的人来说,文学之乡是一片仙境,但是,就像其他所有的风景一样,走近一点,魅力就会消失,荆棘和荆棘就会显现出来。

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If you're using first-class land for biofuels, then you're competing with the growing of food. And so you're actually spiking food prices by moving energy production into agriculture.

如果你用一流的土地来生产生物燃料,那么你就是在与粮食的种植竞争。因此,将能源生产转移到农业领域实际上是在推高食品价格。

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.

科学就是所有总是成功的食谱的总和。其余的都是文学作品。

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.

我是一个伟大的童话读者。我试着把图书馆的童话部分读完。

This is what I want in heaven... words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies.

这就是我在天堂想要的…单词变成音符,对话变成交响乐。

In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival.

在这片移民的土地上,一个人并不是外国人,而仅仅是新来的。

And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.

而且文学作品经常上升到使其国际化的高度。

I deliberately made an effort not to become an expert on the ballet.

我故意不让自己成为芭蕾舞专家。

All these fairy tales are full of shit..

所有这些童话都是胡说八道。