Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity.

  • -- Dylan Thomas 狄兰·托马斯

无论我拥有什么才能,都可能突然减少或增加。我可以轻松地变成一个普通的傻瓜。我现在可能就是其中之一。但这并不会破坏一个人的虚荣心。

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My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress, i knew how third rate i was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes i was wearing inside. But, my God, how i wanted to learn, to change, to improve!

我的幻想与成为一名优秀的演员没有任何关系,我知道我是多么的三流。我真的能感觉到自己缺乏天赋,就好像里面穿的是廉价衣服一样。但是,我的上帝,我多么想学习,改变,提高!

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

人们常说我很幸运。只有在正确的时机有机会推销自己时,运气才是最重要的。在那之后,你必须有天赋并且知道如何使用它。

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

我们所说的慷慨,在很大程度上只是给予的虚荣心;我们这样做是因为我们更喜欢虚荣心而不是我们给予的东西。

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

虚荣的最高形式是对名誉的爱。