The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.

  • -- C. Northcote Parkinson 帕金森

那个一生都致力于文书工作的人失去了主动权。他在处理那些引起他注意的事情,而他自己却什么也没有注意到。

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I lost boundaries as a child that I didn't even realize it and it wasn't talked about back then. You know, it was something you just buried and dealt with, and moved forward. What could you do about it?

当我还是个孩子的时候,我就失去了界限,我甚至没有意识到,那时候也没有人谈论它。你知道,这是你刚刚埋葬的东西,你要处理它,然后继续前进。你能做些什么呢?

It's the things that you notice when you're not actually with your instrument that, in fact, become so interesting, and that you - you want to explore, through this tiny tiny surface of a drum.

当你不使用乐器的时候,你会注意到一些事情,事实上,变得非常有趣,你想要探索,通过一个鼓的微小表面。

As screenwriters, we struggle with our own success. We have wallpapered our world and now we can't get anyone to notice the picture we just hung.

作为编剧,我们为自己的成功而奋斗。我们把自己的世界贴满了墙纸,现在却无法让任何人注意到我们刚刚挂在墙上的那幅画。

It's fun when the ball is going in the hole and things are going right, but it's a miserable game when things aren't going well.

当球进洞时,一切都很顺利,这很有趣,但当事情不顺利时,这是一场痛苦的比赛。

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.

我敢打赌莎士比亚在很多方面都做出了妥协;在某种程度上,任何从事娱乐业的人都是这样做的。

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

愚人自以为聪明,但聪明人知道自己是愚人。

There have to be more important things going on in the world than my past.

世界上一定有比我的过去更重要的事情在发生。

Things that change and are lost, that is what's worth preserving.

改变和失去的东西,才是值得保留的。