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The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

  • -- Richard Dawkins 理查德·道金斯

我们所观察的宇宙，如果其本质上没有设计、没有目的、没有恶、没有善，只有盲目、无情的冷漠，那么它就具有我们所期望的特性。

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We all have, in my family, what we call the 'Vorderman bottom' - a sticky out, bigger-than-normal, signature, of the rear variety. It's been a family joke all our lives - even my lovely brother has one. I know the lines to all the good singalong big bum songs.

在我的家庭中，我们都有一种被我们称为“漩涡底”的东西——一种黏糊糊的、比正常情况下更大的尾部特征。这一直是一个家庭笑话我们所有的生活-甚至我可爱的弟弟有一个。我知道所有好歌曲的歌词。

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Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes.

设计在艺术中，是对各种事物之间关系的认识，是各种元素在创作中的流动。你不能发明一个设计。你能认出它，在第四维度。就是你的血，你的骨头，你的眼睛。

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I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it would be true from beginning to end.

我的想法是做一个真正严肃的大工程——就像一本小说一样，只有一点不同:它的每一个字从头到尾都是真实的。

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Everytime you put something positive into the universe, the world changes. Your kindness invites miracles to show up, not just in your world, but in the whole world.

每次你往宇宙中注入一些积极的东西，世界就会改变。你的善良邀请奇迹出现，不仅在你的世界，而是在整个世界。

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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.

盲目的信仰，不管表达得多么热烈，都是不够的。科学本身将无情地检验关于人类状况的每一个假设。

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At the heart of mankind's existence is the desire to be intimate and to be loved by another. Marriage is designed to meet that need for intimacy and love.

人类存在的核心是渴望亲密和被他人爱。婚姻就是为了满足这种对亲密和爱的需求而设计的。

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They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.

他们可能不需要我;但他们可能。我要让我的头就在眼前;像我这样微不足道的微笑也许正是他们所需要的。

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When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.

当他们发现宇宙的中心时，很多人会失望地发现他们不是宇宙的中心。

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It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it.

没有汤和面包，就不可能有任何一顿好饭，无论多么简单或优雅。

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If you're alive, there's a purpose for your life.

如果你活着，你的生活就有目标。

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If the idea does not seem absurd, not to hope.

如果这个想法看起来不荒谬，就不要抱有希望。

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I think punditry serves no purpose.

我认为专家是没有用的。

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