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What is public history but a register of the successes and disappointments, the vices, the follies and the quarrels of those who engage in contention for power.

  • -- William S. Paley 威廉·佩利

什么是公共历史?它不过是那些参与权力争夺者的成功与失望、罪恶、愚蠢和争吵的记录。

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Actually, most things I say in public lead more or less directly to my own compositional practice, so I should be careful about generalizing lest they come back to haunt me.

事实上，我在公共场合说的大多数话或多或少都会直接导致我自己的写作实践，所以我应该谨慎地进行概括，以免它们再次困扰我。

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It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

事实上，只要一个人就能吵架。绵羊通过赞成素食主义的决议是没有用的，而狼仍然持有不同的意见。

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Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.

成为桂冠诗人让我意识到我有能力发出更大的声音。作为一个诗人，我可以发表更多的公开言论。

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Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

任何卖不出去的东西，我都不想发明。它的销售是效用的证明，效用就是成功。

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Every successful enterprise has a very clear strategic purpose.

每一个成功的企业都有一个非常明确的战略目标。

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Both quarrellers are to be punished.

两个吵架的人都要受到惩罚。

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