There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

  • -- Niccolò Machiavelli 尼科尔·马基雅维利

没有什么比带头开创新秩序更困难,更危险,更不确定其成功的了。

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And basically I always said when I was little that if I ever became successful or a celebrity, I would buy her this huge house and she would never have to work anymore. And I've done that. So I feel happy about doing that.

基本上,我小时候总是说,如果我成功了,或者成为名人,我会给她买一栋大房子,她就再也不用工作了。我做到了。所以我很高兴这样做。

At midlife, I think a woman has more in common with her teenage children than anybody else. We all are kind of uncertain. We realize for the first time in either our lives or decades that we're in charge now.

在中年,我认为一个女人和她十几岁的孩子比任何人都有更多的共同点。我们都有点不确定。我们有生以来或几十年来第一次意识到,我们现在掌握着主动权。

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

国际象棋帮助你集中注意力,提高你的逻辑能力。它教会你遵守规则,为自己的行为负责,如何在不确定的环境中解决问题。

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want.

我写的每一本书都是不同的理解尝试,而前一本书的成功或失败是无关紧要的。我写我想要的书。

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

在危险的环境中保持冷静、明智和谨慎是对一个人,也是对一个国家的考验。

A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

有野心的人手握伤害的力量是危险的。