You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do.

  • -- Rebecca Harding Davis 丽贝卡·戴维斯

你会发现,诗人或他那个时代最重要的船长,就像你会做的那样,会讨价还价或削土豆皮。

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But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul.

但是,如果只有灵魂,或者在灵魂的意识里,才有资格去计算,那么,除非有灵魂,否则就不可能有时间,而只有时间是它的一种属性,也就是说,如果变化可以在没有灵魂的情况下存在的话。

It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard.

这一切都与船长有关。他决定了节奏和气氛。如果导演很安静,布景也很安静。如果导演声音很大,那么每个人的声音都必须更大才能被听到。

Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good.

成为一名艺术家并不意味着你就是一名优秀的艺术家。这是我第一次和自己做的交易:我会说,我是一个艺术家,但我不是真的很好。

Somehow she felt hollow, as though her heart was wrenched away from her. She didn't realize it. She hadn't expected it. She loved Fallon.

不知怎的,她感到空虚,好像她的心被从她身上扭开了似的。她没有意识到。她没有料到。她爱法伦。

I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.

我宁愿唱一首狂野的歌,用它来撕裂我的心,也不愿活一千年看着我的消化,害怕潮湿。

I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.

我试着花很多时间和我的孩子们在一起。我试着和我的孩子们玩得开心。我试着把父亲的时间放在那里。

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.

雕刻家是对事物的形状感兴趣的人,是文字中的诗人,是声音中的音乐家。

Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means.

就像一位伟大的诗人,大自然知道如何用最有限的手段产生最大的效果。

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。

I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.

我在餐馆里当过领班和服务员。