Human nature is not amenable to prediction based on the trends or tendencies prevailing at the time. It is amenable to startling creativity of the kind practiced by great artists, directors, writers, musicians, actors, who know how to touch a chord in humans everywhere.

  • -- Maurice Saatchi 莫里斯·萨奇

人的本性是不能根据当时流行的趋势作出预测的。它服从于伟大的艺术家、导演、作家、音乐家、演员的惊人创造力,他们知道如何触动世界各地人们的心弦。

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Elections are a competition with only one winner. Giving more money to the opponent every time one speaks on behalf of a favored candidate discourages the speech that triggers the matching funds.

选举是一场只有一个获胜者的竞赛。每次代表受欢迎的候选人发言时给对手更多的钱,会阻碍引发匹配资金的发言。

I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist.

我把我性格的善恶倾向留给别人去决定,但就其本身而言,我的性格决定于我的面容,任何面相学家都很容易看出这一点。

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.

当人们缺少教师时,他们的倾向得不到纠正;当他们没有仪式和道德准则时,他们的无法无天是无法控制的。

Living most of the time in a world created mostly in one's head, does not make for an easy passage in the real world.

大部分时间生活在一个主要由大脑创造的世界里,并不意味着在现实世界中就能轻松过关。

A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.

预测和惊喜的完美结合似乎是最好的艺术的核心。

Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.

全球变暖不是一个预测。它正在发生。