What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.

  • -- Mos Def MOS定义

我从我喜欢的作家身上学到的是他们的经济能力——运用语言达到有效目的的能力。让某人阅读并看到它的能力,或者让某人用一张张文字来描绘整个视觉形象的能力——这很神奇。

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The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers.

经济机器的天才之处在于,它有能力将这些放纵转化为盈利。它将欲望转化为注意力,控制我们的眼球和耳膜,进而向广告商推销。

As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles.

正如强壮的人为自己的体能而欢欣鼓舞,为使自己的肌肉动起来这样的运动而欢欣鼓舞一样,精神分析学家也因摆脱了道德活动的束缚而感到光荣。