Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.

  • -- Ralph Ellison 埃利森

有些人是你的亲戚,有些人是你的祖先,你选择你想要的人作为祖先。你从这些价值观中创造了自己。

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Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

每个人在他的亲戚身上,尤其是在他的堂兄弟姐妹身上,都看到了一系列他自己的怪诞的漫画。

Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.

不幸的是,我们的内心情感和潜力经常被我们的父母、亲戚或同龄人阻碍。

I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor!

我已经跑过好几次马拉松了,所以我看起来绝对不像那个伟大的祖先!

I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.

我认为这些人背叛或忘记了他们的祖先。