The basis of drama is... the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realises that what kept him from it was, in the lesser drama, civilisation and, in the great drama, the discovery of something that he did not set out to discover but which can be seen retrospectively as inevitable.

  • -- David Mamet 大卫·马梅

戏剧的基础是……英雄的斗争结束时对一个具体的目标,他意识到,让他从它是什么,在较小的戏剧,文明,在伟大的戏剧,发现他没有开始发现,但可以看到回顾是不可避免的。

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It's great to be wanted in this recruiting class. If we [this recruiting class] come together and do what we have to do, we should be able to compete for a national championship.

能成为这个招聘班的一员真是太好了。如果我们(这个招聘班)团结起来,做我们必须做的事情,我们应该能够竞争全国冠军。

As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it.

正如我在文章结尾所写的,如果我们退后一步,面对汹涌的洪流,那么我们已经迈出了第一步,去想象我们可能想要做些什么。

I sometimes struggle, because my job is like the antithesis of what surfing is all about. Surfing's simple. It's real.

我有时会挣扎,因为我的工作就像是冲浪的对立面。冲浪很简单。这是真实的。

As for money - when I have it, it's great. When I don't, I go get some. I've been a dishwasher, a gardener, a cleaner.

至于钱,当我有了它,它是伟大的。如果没有,我就去买一些。我做过洗碗工、园丁、清洁工。

I had not suffered enough to find the rage in my guts I needed to struggle to death for my freedom.

我还没有遭受到足够的痛苦,还没有找到内心深处的愤怒,我需要为自由而斗争至死。

I always thought I would end up with you eventually.

我一直以为我最终会和你在一起。