There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature, equivocal. I shall not be going too far in saying at once that she is politically suspect.

  • -- Thomas Mann 托马斯·曼

音乐有点可疑,先生们。我坚持认为她生性模棱两可。我不会马上说她在政治上有嫌疑。

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I envy people with dreams and passions, but I don't think that way. I still don't have a 'bliss' to follow. For people like me - I suspect that's most people - holding out for a 'dream' or a 'passion' is paralyzing. I just like having work I enjoy that feels meaningful. That's hard enough... but it's enough.

我羡慕有梦想和激情的人,但我不这么认为。我仍然没有“幸福”可以追随。对于像我这样的人来说——我怀疑这是大多数人——坚持一个“梦想”或一个“激情”是令人麻痹的。我喜欢有意义的工作。这很难……但这就够了。

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

守时是最基本的商业美德之一:总是对你的下属坚持守时。

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

没有能力犯下重罪的人不会轻易怀疑他人的罪行。

Every once in awhile we may fall on our face, but we insist on doing what we wanna do.

每隔一段时间,我们可能会跌倒在我们的脸,但我们坚持做我们想做的。