Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.

  • -- Walt Whitman 沃尔特惠特曼

自由地看,英语是每一种方言、种族和时间范围的增加和发展,是所有语言的自由和紧凑的组成。

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My training in music and composition then led me to a kind of musical language process in which, for example, the sound of the words I play with has to expose their true meaning against their will so to speak.

我在音乐和作曲方面的训练使我进入了一种音乐语言的过程,例如,我演奏的单词的声音不得不违背它们的本意。

One time I can stand fiddling in front of the mirror for an hour and another time I think: well hack, this is just the best it can get. Only if I have to go to work I really try to look fantastic.

一次我可以在镜子前摆弄一个小时,另一次我想:这是它能做到的最好的了。只有当我必须去上班的时候,我才会努力让自己看起来很棒。

I go to see grand prix every year, and I watch every race on TV for sure. I probably go to three or four CART races and three or four Formula One races.

我每年都去看大奖赛,每一场比赛我都在电视上看。我可能会参加三、四场赛车比赛和三、四场一级方程式比赛。

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.

种族的集体教育依赖于书籍;它们是记录、延续和传播思想的唯一工具。

The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.

写作的过程,摆弄段落,试图写出真正好的散文,是我与生俱来的性格。

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

所有的增长都依赖于活动。没有努力就没有身体和智力的发展,而努力意味着工作。

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

电影摄影的可能性是无限的……比音乐和语言更重要。

There was a time when Patience ceased to be a virtue. It was long ago.

曾经有一段时间,耐心不再是一种美德。那是很久以前的事了。

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

语言是陈述和唤起的混合物。

Growth is a painful process.

成长是一个痛苦的过程。