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The streets and alleys of the ward were notoriously filthy, and the contractors habitually neglected them, not failing, however, to draw their regular payments from the city treasury.

  • -- Ray Stannard Baker 贝克

病房里的大街小巷都是出了名的肮脏，承包商们习惯性地忽视了他们，然而，他们并没有忘记从市财政中定期支取款项。

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I find littering very annoying. It's a minor but also a major thing: a society that litters is one that also has so little respect for the environment and, consequently, other people. If we had clean streets, a lot of other things would be fixed almost effortlessly.

我发现乱丢垃圾很烦人。这是一件小事，但也是一件大事:一个乱丢垃圾的社会是一个对环境和他人都不尊重的社会。如果我们有干净的街道，许多其他的事情将几乎毫不费力地得到解决。

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I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly.

我不会做做得不好或不对的工作。事情发生了——事情出了问题，承包商没有通过——但我不想为没有正确地做某件事而负责。

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The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human.

一个人的行为习惯上带有他的思想烙印，他就是一个天才，但最伟大的天才并不总是与他自己相等，否则他将不再是人类。

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Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.

躺在床上是一种完美的、至高无上的体验，只要你有一支足够长的彩色铅笔在天花板上画画。

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Let's point out the elephant in the room: Actor bands are not notoriously successful enterprises. I can't think of any.

让我们指出房间里的大象:演员乐队并不是出了名的成功企业。我想不出来。

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Ray and I do not draw salaries, Any profits will be re-invested into marketing the music we believe in.

雷和我不拿薪水，任何利润都将被重新投资到我们所相信的音乐营销上。

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Breakfast is a notoriously difficult meal to serve with a flourish.

众所周知，丰盛的早餐很难上桌。

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