There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of them through want of training or want of skill or want of understanding. Before you can be eccentric you must know where the circle is.

  • -- Ellen Terry 爱伦·泰瑞

一个已经学会遵守公认规则的人背离这些规则,或者由于缺乏训练、技能或理解而忽视这些规则,这两者之间有着天壤之别。在你变得古怪之前,你必须知道圆在哪里。

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The shortage of buyers, which the world is suffering from, is readily understood, not as due to people not wishing to obtain possession of goods, but as people being unwilling to part with something which might earn a regular income in exchange for those goods.

世界正在遭受买主短缺之苦,这是很容易理解的,这不是因为人们不希望拥有货物,而是因为人们不愿意放弃可以赚取固定收入的东西来换取这些货物。

Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands. It is part and parcel of our knowledge and obscures our insight only when it holds that the understanding given by it is the only kind there is.

科学是西方思想的工具,用它打开的门比徒手打开的要多。它是我们知识的重要组成部分,只有当我们的洞察力认为它所给予的理解是唯一存在的时候,它才会蒙蔽我们的洞察力。

I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get.

我做了这么多年的演员,坐在一百万套布景前,和一百万名不同的导演一起工作,所以对我来说,这是你能得到的最好的训练。

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.

传统的人们因背离传统而愤怒,很大程度上是因为他们认为这种背离是对自己的批评。

An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of all journeys.

毫无疑问,非自愿地返回出发地点是所有旅行中最令人不安的。

My whole mindset in training is to be explosive and fast, and I try not to get too big and bulky.

我在训练时的心态就是爆发力强、速度快,而且我尽量不让自己变得又大又笨重。