I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

-- Eleanor Roosevelt 埃莉诺·罗斯福

我曾经有一朵玫瑰以我的名字命名，我感到非常荣幸。但我不喜欢读目录上的描述:躺在床上不行，靠在墙上倒挺好。

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I looked it at like this way. To get folks to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal. I don't mean a handsome knight riding a white horse, but a fella who answered the description of a right guy.

我是这样看的。为了让人们喜欢你，作为一个屏幕玩家，我的意思是，我认为你必须成为他们的理想。我指的不是一个骑白马的英俊骑士，而是一个符合描述的白马王子。

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You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same.

你知道，艺术史的教学方式，往往没有什么能告诉你为什么这幅画是伟大的。对一幅拙劣的画的描述和对一幅伟大的画的描述听起来是一样的。

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I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

我宁愿看时刻表或目录，也不愿什么也不看。它们比一半的小说更有趣。

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