What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people?

  • -- Richard Joseph Daley 理查德·约瑟夫·戴利

如果一个人把他的一生都奉献给了担任公职,并试图为他的人民做些什么,那么“政治家”这个词本身就有什么问题?

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It is truly a privilege to be able to support all women's causes on a global level. It is remarkable that something as simple as television can empower us to create change and awareness in the world.

能够在全球范围内支持所有妇女的事业,确实是一种特权。值得注意的是,像电视这样简单的东西可以让我们在世界上创造改变和意识。

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like.

如果我们遇到一个诚实而聪明的政治家,十来个,一百来个,我们说他们根本不像政治家,我们的政治家类别没有变化;我们知道政客是什么样的人。

Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportunities to residents and their families.

公共住房不仅仅是一个居住的地方,公共住房项目应该为居民和他们的家庭提供机会。

Most business meetings are staged to supply people who’d rather talk than work with people who’d rather listen than work.

大多数商务会议的目的都是为了让那些宁愿交谈而不愿工作的人与那些宁愿倾听而不愿工作的人交流。

Neither of the two people in the room paid any attention to the way I came in, although only one of them was dead.

房间里的两个人都没有注意我进来的路,虽然只有一个人死了。

I'm raising a child, and it's public. The media creates these dramas, and that's not what's happening in my life.

我要抚养一个孩子,而且是公开的。媒体创造了这些戏剧,而我的生活中却没有。

A never-failing way to get rid of a fellow is to tell him something for his own good.

摆脱一个人的一个屡教不改的办法就是为了他好而告诉他一些事情。

Funny is only something that others know about you - you can't be funny by yourself.

有趣只是别人知道你的一些事情——你自己不可能有趣。

We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal. Does anybody remember laughter?

我们正试图传达一个已实现的理想。有人记得笑声吗?

I saw Mussolini tirelessly contemplate a parade of thousands of young men.

我看到墨索里尼不知疲倦地注视着成千上万的年轻人游行。

I am not generally regarded as a pleasant or socially minded fellow.

我一般不被认为是一个令人愉快或有社交头脑的人。

I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.

我是个演员……或者,至少,我想成为一名演员。