A "modern" man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice.

  • -- Elias Canetti 伊莱亚斯卡内蒂

一个“现代”的人没有什么可以添加到现代主义,如果仅仅因为他没有什么可以反对它。适应能力强的人会像虱子一样从时间的枯枝上掉下来。

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The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.

现代人的思维完全混乱了。知识已经扩展到世界和我们的智力都无法立足的地步。我们正在遭受虚无主义的折磨,这是事实。

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

专业人士必须学会被感动和感动,但同时要客观地退后一步:我看到了茶和同情造成的许多伤害。

Because of the need to remove all modernism, we stayed in the middle of nowhere all day long, living out of tents. It was cold. It definitely set the scene.

由于需要消除所有的现代主义,我们整天呆在一个偏僻的地方,住在帐篷里。这是寒冷的。这绝对是布景。

There's many times this year I've sat back and thought, I'm making a living from making things up. It's the only skill I have so I've been really lucky.

今年有很多次我坐下来想,我是靠编故事来谋生的。这是我唯一的技能,所以我真的很幸运。

Let no man, in whatever rank or superiority, control your mind and tell you what to do.

不要让任何一个男人,不管他的地位如何,地位如何优越,控制你的思想,告诉你该做什么。

Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.

只有当一个人把真理据为己有时,他的个性才算成熟。