Most of the time, the things that really change the world exist for something fundamentally selfish and then the world-changing ends up being a side-effect of that.

  • -- Andrew Mason 安德鲁·梅森

大多数时候,真正改变世界的东西存在的根本原因是自私,而改变世界最终只是自私的副作用。

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Style, I think, is panache. Who are you? What did you do today? And what are you worth to me? What do you have to offer the world? How did you spend your time today on this planet? How are you spending your time every second? What are you doing now? Are you alive, or are you somnambulant?

我认为,风格是一种炫耀。你是谁?你今天做了什么?你对我有什么价值?你能给这个世界带来什么?你今天在这个星球上是如何度过的?你每一秒的时间是怎么度过的?你现在在做什么?你还活着,还是在梦游?

But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification for his actions that is convincing to him. It's fun to give these people voices.

但与此同时,关于他们的老生常谈却是正确的:每个角色都是自己故事中的英雄。每个人对自己的行为都有令人信服的理由。给这些人发声很有趣。

The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish.

可悲的是,大多数人在做让自己开心的事情之前,都要先征求别人的意见。我们都在穿越;至少我们能做的是快乐,而唯一的方法就是自私。

I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.

我认为我是一个物质至上的人,我重视制造一辆汽车或建造一所漂亮的房子所需要的东西。金钱的确能改变事物,但它如何改变人们则取决于人们对金钱的反应。

The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.

我们成功的全部秘诀是能够说服自己相信我们将改变世界,因为从统计上看,我们不太可能做到这一点。

I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very selfish sport.

我以前和运动员约会过,但这太难了,因为我们的工作是一样的,我们要处理同样的问题,而且都是非常自私的运动。