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Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and cruelty are great preoccupations in our time.

  • -- Renata Adler 雷纳塔·阿德勒

懒惰的人往往是无聊的，无聊的人，除非他们睡得多，是残酷的。在我们这个时代，无聊和残酷是人们最关心的事情，这并非偶然。

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Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another.

小说是一种产生同情心的机器，把我们从懒惰中拯救出来。生活是善良的还是残酷的?是的,文学的答案。人是好是坏?没错，文学说。但与其他认知系统不同的是，文学拒绝消除一个事实而代之以另一个事实。

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Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right.

今天，你几乎不可能做到这一点，除非你是一个有权力的演员或作家……如果主题正确，我现在就会毫不犹豫地聘用一位有才华的女性。

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I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

我很高兴有很多吉他手尽其所能地追求技巧，因为这给我这样的人留下了一个广阔的空间。

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Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.

宫廷电视将永远在我心中占据一个特殊的位置，我将永远带着感激和深情回顾我在那里的时光。

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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

自诩最温柔的好心肠，往往会被最无关紧要的私利所扼杀。

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Africa is a cruel country; it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no one minds.

非洲是一个残酷的国家;它带走你的心，把它磨成粉末状的石头——没有人在意。

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My schedule can be hectic, so I'm always trying to find time to see my friends and family.

我的日程安排很忙，所以我总是想找时间去见我的朋友和家人。

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The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

自动化社会的主要产物是一种普遍的、不断加深的无聊感。

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Advertising degrades the people it appeals to; it deprives them of their will to choose.

广告贬低了它所吸引的人;它剥夺了他们选择的意愿。

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William BlakeYou never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

你永远不知道什么是足够的，除非你知道什么是足够的。

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Do you see the queer thing about people like me? Sometimes we hold your retribution.

你看到像我这样的人的古怪之处了吗?有时我们会惩罚你。

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Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.

乘飞机旅行时，几个小时的无聊被片刻的恐怖所打断。

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