It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life.

  • -- Chanakya 考底利耶

宁可死,不愿受辱而保全生命。生命的丧失,使人暂时忧愁;羞耻,使人一生一世愁苦。

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With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it's going to translate easily.

用一个糟糕的脚本,你努力使它变得更好。但是对于一个好的剧本来说,这可能会很麻烦,因为你安于现状,可以说,你认为它很容易翻译。

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

现代艺术史也是一部艺术受众逐步流失的历史。艺术越来越受到艺术家的关注和公众的困惑。

I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.

我认为人们辞职的原因之一是因为他们害怕自己无法变得越来越好;他们必须到达某种顶峰。

There are times when our victories have a cost that we did not foresee, when winning brings us loss.

有些时候,我们的胜利付出了我们没有预见到的代价,当胜利给我们带来了损失。

So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care.

所以我们被吸引到让人们关心的节目、问题和事业中。

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

贫穷当然不是耻辱,但它确实令人讨厌。

I am the cause of all my upsets. I am my worst enemy.

我是我所有烦恼的根源。我是我最大的敌人。