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One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

  • -- Eric Hoffer 埃里克·霍弗

一个真正充满活力的社会的标志之一是，作为一个行动的助产士，能够摒弃激情——能够直接从思想转移到行动。

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Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.

不要说荣誉是勇敢的产物，也不要相信只有生命的危险才能为它付出代价:它不在于行动，而在于行动的方式。

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And I thought, my God, there's an off chance that they will say something that's really worth preserving and there is one way to do that and I knew what it was because I come from television.

我想，天哪，他们说一些真正值得保存的东西的可能性很小，有一种方法可以做到这一点，我知道那是什么，因为我来自电视行业。

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Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.

文学不存在于真空中。作家具有一定的社会功能，这与他们作为作家的能力成正比。这是它们的主要用途。

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There's nothing particularly physical that I find attractive in a man. It's men with a passion for something that I find attractive.

我觉得男人身上没有什么特别吸引人的地方。而是对我觉得有吸引力的东西充满激情的男人。

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With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

对于能力有限的人来说，谦虚就是诚实;但在有才能的人面前，却是虚伪。

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The passion for money is never fickle.

对金钱的激情从来都不是善变的。

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