A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense.

  • -- Lawrence Lessig 劳伦斯·莱辛

一个时代的标志与其说是争论的观点,不如说是被认为理所当然的观点。一个时代的特征取决于不需要防御的东西。

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Maybe I've lost a little, but I think everyone does over time. People have been writing that I'm getting old every year, and eventually they're going to be right. There's nobody in this game that's doing the same things they once did in the peak years of their career.

也许我失去了一些,但我想随着时间的推移,每个人都会失去。人们一直在写我每年都在变老,最终他们会是对的。在这款游戏中,没有人能做到他们在职业生涯巅峰时期所做的事情。

You can meet a young person who goes to school and is really enthusiastic, but if a sufficiently strong personality convinces them that this is a waste of time, that person might flunk out.

你可能会遇到一个去上学的年轻人,他真的很热情,但如果一个足够强的个性让他们相信这是浪费时间,那么这个人可能会退学。

I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are.

我在院子里,以为这棵树是有生命的。我们认为树木是理所当然的。我们不相信他们像我们一样活着。

I'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a real physical person.

我很有活力,我认为这是理所当然的,因为我一直是一个真正的身体健全的人。

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

乡村的冬天太长了;直到它变得陈旧、破旧、陈旧、阴沉。