Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it.

  • -- William Feather 费瑟

任何一年演讲超过六次的人注定要重复自己的演讲,不是因为他没什么可说的,而是因为他想要掌声,而老东西能得到掌声。

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Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.

灵感的秘诀是:告诉你自己,成千上万的人,不是很聪明,当然也不比我们其他人更聪明,已经掌握了像现在困扰你的问题一样困难的问题。

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?

你是否只从那些仰慕你、温柔待你、支持你的人身上吸取了教训?那些与你争竞,与你争竞的,岂不是给你大教训吗?

Enforcement is the long overdue step to protect our Nation from external threats in a time of war. And then once we do that, we can effectively discuss a guest worker program.

强制执行是在战争时期保护我们国家免受外部威胁的姗姗来迟的步骤。一旦我们这样做了,我们就可以有效地讨论客工计划。

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.

有时候,我希望掌声能来得晚一点,当它是如此美丽的寂静,我觉得我在最后的寂静中屏住呼吸。

Occasionally if you do something extraordinary, the crew responds with spontaneous applause, but that's very rare.

偶尔,如果你做了一些不寻常的事情,工作人员会报以自发的掌声,但这种情况非常罕见。

I went out as a free agent in Boston and had a great year and I priced myself out of there market, at the time.

我以自由球员的身份来到波士顿,在那里度过了美好的一年。

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

看起来聪明点,什么也不说,然后咕噜一声。语言是用来隐藏思想的。

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.

每个人都必须耐心地承受自己榜样的结果。

Speech both conceals and reveals the thoughts of men.

语言既能隐藏人的思想,又能揭示人的思想。