Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

  • -- James A. Garfield 詹姆斯·加菲尔德

贫穷是不舒服;但是,十有八九,一个年轻人所能遇到的最好的事情就是被扔到海里,被迫沉沦或游泳。

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There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that.

有一个明星的想法,这个人很冷漠,写所有的音乐,他们不和任何人说话,除非他们通过唱片公司。对此我总是感到很不舒服。

I think that weddings have probably been crashed since the beginning of time. Cavemen crashed them. You go to meet girls. It makes sense.

我认为婚礼可能从一开始就被破坏了。穴居人撞他们。你去见女孩子。它是有意义的。

So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He said 'It depends where you're calling from.'

所以我给当地的游泳池打了电话。我问:“那是当地的游泳池吗?”他说,这取决于你是从哪里打来的。

No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.

没有人可能知道将要发生什么:它正在发生,每一次,第一次,唯一一次。

Every little helps to lighten the freight, said the captain, as he threw his wife overboard.

每一点都有助于减轻货物的重量,船长说,同时把他的妻子扔到船外。

In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.

在更换主人的过程中,穷人除了改变主人的名字外,什么也没有改变。

Burning up from the inside out with all these uncomfortable feelings.

所有这些不舒服的感觉从里到外燃烧起来。

Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.

在泳池外快乐意味着在泳池里快速游泳。