Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean.

-- William Henry Ashley 威廉·亨利·阿什利

他们中有些人自称对哥伦比亚号的所有主要水域都很熟悉，他们向我保证，除了大海，这些水域没有别的联系。

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The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants.

指挥家的主要任务不是把自己暴露在公众面前，而是尽可能地隐藏在自己的职责背后。我们是飞行员，不是仆人。

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All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

只要有可能，所有的人都声称自己是诚实的。相信所有人都诚实是愚蠢的。相信没有这样的人更糟糕。

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The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

这个国家孤独的主要原因是电视。发生的事情是，这个家庭独自“聚在一起”。

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