I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

  • -- Richard Nixon 理查德·尼克松

我不认为一个领导者能在很大程度上控制自己的命运。如果历史的力量向另一个方向发展,他很少能介入并改变局势。

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Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances.

尽管在我的一生中妇女取得了令人鼓舞和令人惊奇的成就,并发生了变化,但仍有进步和促进纠正剩余的不足和不平衡的余地。

I would have ten children. I think they are the most fascinating, and it's the only thing in the world that hasn't been overrated.

我将有十个孩子。我认为他们是最迷人的,这是世界上唯一没有被高估的东西。

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

钓鱼不仅仅是鱼。这是一个伟大的时刻,我们可以回到我们祖先的优良纯朴。

Remember this: nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny.

记住:星星上没有文字。不是这些星星,也不是其他星星。没有人能控制你的命运。

I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.

作为谢菲尔德市的领导人、议员或部长,我从未试图篡改自己的角色。

Once an object has been incorporated in a picture it accepts a new destiny.

一旦一个物体被纳入一幅画中,它就接受了一种新的命运。

What they can expect always is that they're going to be made to think.

他们所能期待的总是他们会被强迫去思考。

Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.

领导者的眼睛要盯住地平线,而不只是盯着底线。

I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean.

我不知道你能否改变现状,但这只是沧海一粟。

I've had some great times with actresses, but that's in a movie.

我和女演员有过一些美好的时光,但那是在电影里。