My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like to play in an orchestra. It has been a great success. We give performances; we've become the most famous bad orchestra in the world.

  • -- Alexander McCall Smith 亚历山大·麦考·史密斯

我和我的妻子伊丽莎白为像我们这样的人组建了一个非常糟糕的管弦乐队,我们这些人都是非常绝望的音乐家,想在管弦乐队演奏。这是一个巨大的成功。我们表演节目;我们已经成为世界上最著名的坏乐团。

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I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.

我坚信,重要的不仅仅是你说了什么,还有你怎么说——你的论点的成功在很大程度上取决于你陈述它的方式。

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

我无法想象仅仅为了出名而出名。我认为名声应该和成功,才能一起来。