The politician is trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded because if they have a cutting edge they may later return to wound him.

  • -- Edward R. Murrow 爱德华·默罗

这位政治家受过不正确的艺术训练。他的话往往是生硬或圆滑的,因为如果这些话有锋利的锋芒,日后可能会反过来伤害他。

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It's exciting; I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes.

这是令人兴奋的;我不知道我是否会赢。我想是的。我知道我已经为这份工作做好了准备。如果不是,那就是这样。

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.

从长远来看,战争和选举既太大又太小,都无关紧要。每天的工作——就是这样,累积起来。