Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move.

  • -- Colin Luther Powell 鲍威尔

一些将军说,我们正在取得进展。我们正在清理一个区域。但你真的不能通过清理一个地区来打败塔利班。他们的举动。

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So I let them be responsible for there particular areas. Then by the time it gets to me that means that there is a problem. I have my eyes open and I need to know something about every department but you don't want to micro manage any particular department.

所以我让他们负责特定的领域。然后当它到达我的时候,这意味着有一个问题。我睁大了眼睛,我需要了解每个部门的情况,但你不想微观管理任何一个特定的部门。

No one will ever shine in conversation, who thinks of saying fine things: to please, one must say many things indifferent, and many very bad.

在谈话中,凡是想说好听的话的人,是不会有出彩的。要使人高兴,就得说许多无关紧要的话,说许多极坏的话。

I'm just saying that if you understand how the economic machine works, it just works like a machine. There are cause-effect relationships.

我只是说,如果你了解经济机器是如何运作的,它就像机器一样运作。有因果关系。

There's a gray area there that I'm satisfied is not gray.

这里有一个灰色区域,我很满意它不是灰色的。