Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

  • -- Fletcher Knebel 弗莱彻·克奈贝尔

政治才能比政治更难。政治是一门与人相处的艺术,而政治家是一门与政治家相处的艺术。

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We're all getting plastic surgery. Come on, this is the game here, and HDTV exaggerates all the features. Yeah, I'm proud of it, because we're all doing it. Nobody's talking about it.

我们都要做整形手术。拜托,这就是游戏,高清电视夸大了所有的功能。是的,我很自豪,因为我们都在这么做。没人在谈论它。

Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.

一次又一次,我们听到政客们说,在经济如此脆弱的时候,他们不能把我们的税金花在环境保护上。

I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights.

我不知道为什么人们认为我很有教养——我经常在离开家的时候发现扣子不见了,连裤袜里也没有梯子。

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.

有些人想成为作家,因为他们喜欢写作。他们照顾。

Politicians talk themselves red, white, and blue in the face.

政客们把自己说得面红耳赤、面红耳赤、面红耳赤。

Why stop now when I'm just getting the hang of it?

为什么现在就停下来,而我只是在掌握它的窍门?