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Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things.

  • -- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

不要玩弄悖论。你为了烧灼别人而使用的那种腐蚀性物质，可能会烧灼到你自己的手指，使它们在质量上死去。

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All novels are about crime. You'd be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don't see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That's the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world.

所有的小说都是关于犯罪的。你很难找到没有犯罪元素的小说。我不认为自己是犯罪小说家，但我的书中也有犯罪。如果你想反映真实世界，这就是讲故事的本质。

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When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.

当你长大了，你就会明白，当一颗善良的心表达出爱和体贴时，那些看似毫无价值的小事情是多么珍贵，它们可以被爱，被珍视到高于一切的价值。

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Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part of the job that there should be much routine and some daily stuff on the level of carpentry.

小说家的写作并不像鸟儿歌唱那样，是受自然的推动。这是工作的一部分，应该有很多例行公事和一些木工水平的日常事务。

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Have I said dumb things? Absolutely, who hasn't? But I have never backed away from being called out on something I did or said wrong.

我说过蠢话吗?绝对,谁没有呢?但当我做错了什么或说错了什么话时，我从来没有退缩过。

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The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

领导者的品质反映在他们为自己设定的标准上。

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One must strike the right balance between speed and quality.

一个人必须在速度和质量之间取得适当的平衡。

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