I look back on my liberal political beliefs with a sort of wonder - as another exercise in self-involvement - rewarding myself for some superiority I could not logically describe.

  • -- David Mamet 大卫·马梅

回顾我的自由主义政治信仰时,我有一种奇怪的感觉——这是另一种自我参与的方式——因为某种我无法从逻辑上描述的优越感而奖励自己。

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It was very important that it be done in such a way that it be executed with complete conviction. If I had done it both ways, if I was trying to cover myself in case it didn't work, then it would have been to no purpose.

非常重要的是,必须以一种完全有信念的方式执行这项任务。如果我用两种方法都做了,如果我试图保护自己以防失败,那就没有任何意义了。

We need to keep investing in economic and homeland security. We need to bank on the right kind of economic development. We need to embrace opportunities, but with the right kind of safeguards.

我们需要继续投资于经济和国土安全。我们需要依靠正确的经济发展。我们需要拥抱机遇,但要有正确的保障措施。

Coming back to Yes is like never having left. Even when I have not been in the band, I have always felt part of it.

回到“是”就像从未离开过一样。即使我没有加入乐队,我也一直觉得自己是乐队的一部分。

Transnational, gigantic industrial companies no longer operate within political systems, but rather above them.

跨国的大型工业公司不再在政治体系内运作,而是在政治体系之上运作。

I would describe myself as quite sane and lucid, which is why I'm still alive.

我会把自己描述得非常清醒,这就是为什么我还活着。

Sometimes i wish i could go back and tell myself what i know now.

有时候,我希望我能回到过去,告诉自己我现在知道了什么。