The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.

  • -- George Gissing 乔治?吉辛

我第一次读到一本优秀的作品,对我来说就像交了一个新朋友;当我读一本我以前读过的书时,它就像一本旧书的相遇。

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Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice.

杰作不是孤独的诞生;它们是多年共同思考的产物,是由人的身体来思考的,使群众的经历是背后的单一的声音。

Well, user feedback was excellent. Even when the software didn't work at all, there were few people who were avid users, and there were people who were just sending excellent feedback and excellent ideas.

用户反馈非常好。即使软件根本无法工作,也很少有人是狂热的用户,有些人只是在发送优秀的反馈和优秀的想法。

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.

民间音乐促使人们学会演奏,而创作也成为音乐产业中最赚钱的部分——写作,因为每次演奏这首歌,你都会得到报酬。

Having the Stitch character, the villain that becomes a hero, coming from outer space, it took a very difficult and complex story and put it into a simpler, kinder time.

有了斯迪普这个角色,一个来自外太空的恶棍变成了英雄,这是一个非常困难和复杂的故事,把它放到一个更简单,更友好的时代。

I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I have a lot of insecurities about myself.

我总是在想我是否应该在某件事上很优秀。我想,正因为如此,我对自己有很多不安全感。

I don't have a life, I really don't. I'm as close to a nun as you can be without the little hat. I'm a golf nun.

我没有生活,我真的没有。我和修女的关系就像你不戴小帽子一样亲密。我是高尔夫修女。

Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.

图书馆能让你度过没有钱的时代,这比钱能让你度过没有图书馆的时代要好得多。

I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it.

我必须创造一个与我所看到的感觉相对应的东西——而不是复制它。

No one knows as well as I how much nonsense is printed in books.

没有人比我更清楚书中有多少废话。

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

穿上旧外套,买本新书。