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。

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.

如果人类希望有一个长期和无限期的物质繁荣时期,他们只需要以一种和平和有益的方式对待彼此。

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

虽然竞争法则有时对个人来说很难,但对种族来说却是最好的,因为它确保了适者生存。

It's important to us to see the development and growth. At the end of the day, it's our baby. Genetically it's ours. It's our embryo. We feel very connected.

看到发展和成长对我们来说很重要。说到底,这是我们的孩子。基因是我们的。这是我们的胚胎。我们感觉很亲密。

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。

Every work of art is the child of its time, often it is the mother of our emotions.

每一件艺术作品都是它所处时代的产物,往往是我们情感的母亲。

The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language.

我们思想的质量是由我们对语言的熟练程度决定的。

The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.

机会的问题在于它总是伪装成努力工作。

There is a pride in speaking this language.

说这种语言是一种骄傲。

Beware of time because it has the answers.

当心时间,因为它有答案。