Of the many forms of false culture, a premature converse with abstractions is perhaps the most likely to prove fatal to the growth of a masculine vigour of intellect.

  • -- George John Boole 乔治·约翰·布尔

在许多形式的错误文化中,过早地与抽象概念进行对话,很可能对男性智力活力的成长造成致命的影响。

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At the same time, new concepts and abstractions flow into the picture, taking up the task of describing the universe without reference to such time or space - abstractions for which our language lacks adequate terms.

与此同时,新的概念和抽象出现在画面中,承担起描述宇宙而不涉及时间或空间的任务——我们的语言缺乏足够的术语来描述这些抽象。

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

我无法告诉你我有多爱塔吉特和好市多,那种文化,因为我从来没有感觉自己是其中的一部分。我一直觉得自己像个游客,因为我从来没有适应过任何地方。

Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. [And] if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.

男人不为国旗、国家、海军陆战队、荣誉或其他抽象概念而战。他们为彼此而战。如果你经历了这场磨难,你就会有尊严地老去。

It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.

我的工作也是,跟上流行文化和孩子们喜欢什么,因为你不想听起来像一个老人试图为孩子们写作。我花了很多时间监视他们。

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

降服于无知,称其为上帝,一直是不成熟的,今天仍然是不成熟的。

Premature burial works just fine as a cure for adolescence.

早葬对青春期的治疗效果很好。