The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map, it's much bigger when you're there.

  • -- Robert D. Kaplan 卡普兰

首先要认识到的不仅是阿富汗,还有任何一个贫穷的不发达国家,它就像地图上看起来的那么大,当你在那里的时候,它会变得更大。

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You have to know one big thing and stick with it. The leaders who had one very big idea and one very big commitment. This permitted them to create something. Those are the ones who leave a legacy.

你必须知道一件大事并坚持下去。领导者们有一个非常大的想法和一个非常大的承诺。这允许他们创造一些东西。那些人留下了遗产。

I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids.

我在一个非常简朴的房子里长大。我们很穷——我们生活在贫困线上。我们小时候都有工作。

Oh, I'm a big-mouth. I said a lot of things.

哦,我是个多嘴多舌的人。我说了很多。

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

我一直自称是一个可怜的滑头。