The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital.

  • -- George Steiner 斯坦纳

任何一个人对一首他或她真正喜爱的诗歌或散文所能表达的最重要的敬意,就是把它背下来。不是用头脑,而是用心;表达是至关重要的。

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I parody myself every chance I get. I try to make fun of myself and let people know that I'm a human being, and these things that have happened to me are real. I'm not just some cartoon who exists and suddenly doesn't exist.

我一有机会就模仿自己。我试着取笑自己,让人们知道我是一个人,这些发生在我身上的事情是真实的。我不只是某个卡通人物存在然后突然不存在。

So don't think in reality I am a singer, I think I am a human being that has sung always all her life, and has learned a little to sing, and has found herself in the middle of a career.

所以不要认为我是一个歌手,我认为我是一个一生都在唱歌的人,学了一点唱歌,发现自己正处于事业的中期。

I don't think I'd want a revival. I'm not doing a tribute to myself.

我不认为我想要复兴。我不是在向自己致敬。

I'm old, but I'm still cute and strong. And very butch.

我老了,但我仍然很可爱,很强壮。布奇。