This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal.

  • -- Paul Nurse 纳斯

这种可能性让我感到困扰,因为我认为留在一个学术环境是不可取的,爱丁堡漫长而黑暗的冬天可能会相当沉闷。

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A lot of amateurs are terrified of going up against a player who is clearly better than they are. They never play their best, because they aren't comfortable. There's one surefire way to get over that, and it's to ask yourself, 'What if I beat him?' Imagine the possibility.

很多业余选手都害怕和一个明显比自己优秀的选手比赛。他们从来没有发挥出最好的水平,因为他们感到不舒服。有一个确定无疑的方法可以克服这个问题,那就是问问自己,‘如果我打败了他呢?“想象一下这种可能性。

Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. That is a dualistic way of seeing.

恐惧、分离、仇恨和愤怒来自于错误的观点,即你和地球是两个独立的实体,地球只是环境。你在中心,你想为地球做点什么,为了你的生存。这是一种二元的观点。

The possibility of saying anything about a thing rests on the assumption that it preserves its identity, or continues to be the same thing in the respect described, that it will behave in future situations as it has in past.

关于一件事说任何话的可能性是建立在这样一个假设之上,即它保持其同一性,或在所描述的方面继续是同一件事,即它在未来的情况中将象过去一样行事。

I like roles that are on the extreme ends of the spectrum, and there's special appeal in exploring these slightly forgotten plays that people might think of as subjects for academic term papers instead of live theater.

我喜欢极端的角色,探索这些被人遗忘的戏剧有特殊的吸引力,人们可能会把它们当作学期论文的主题,而不是现场戏剧。

Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces.

自然中的绿色是一回事,文学中的绿色是另一回事。自然和文字似乎有一种天然的反感;把他们聚在一起,他们就会互相撕成碎片。

I've always been more inclined to go out to work than carry on with academic studies.

我总是更愿意出去工作,而不是继续学业。