I went to work in an office and learned, among other lessons, to do things I did not care for, and to do them well. Before I left this office, two of my books had already been published.

  • -- Sigrid Undset 西格里德·温塞特

我去了一间办公室,在那里我学到了很多东西,其中之一就是去做我不喜欢做的事情,并且把它们做好。在我离开这个办公室之前,我的两本书已经出版了。

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My office has a view of low-cost housing, old East German prefabricated apartment buildings. It isn't an attractive view, but it's very helpful, because it reminds me to ask myself, whenever there is a decision to be made, whether the people who live there can afford our decisions.

从我的办公室可以看到廉价住房和东德的预制公寓楼。这不是一个吸引人的景色,但它很有帮助,因为它提醒我问自己,无论什么时候要做决定,住在那里的人是否能负担得起我们的决定。

My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant.

我父亲是海军陆战队的一名金手套拳击手,后来当上了副警长。我妈妈是办公室助理。