It took me a couple of years after I got out of Berkeley before I dared to start writing. That academic mind-set - which was kind of shallow in my case anyway - had begun to fade.

  • -- Joan Didion 琼·狄迪恩

我从伯克利毕业后过了几年才敢开始写作。这种学术心态——无论如何对我来说有点肤浅——已经开始消退。

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My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it.

多年后,当我回首往事时,我第一次体验到的学术友谊让我微笑。但是,我的熟人圈子逐渐扩大了,因此自然而然地就产生了新的友谊。

Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life than almost any academic course he takes.

四年的足球生涯在普通人身上孕育的成功要素,几乎比他上的任何一门学术课程都要多。