Every culture has something to be ashamed of, but every culture also has the right to change, to challenge negative traditions, and create to new ones.

  • -- Azar Nafisi 作者

每一种文化都有值得羞愧的地方,但是每一种文化也有权利去改变,去挑战消极的传统,去创造新的传统。

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We should never denigrate any other culture but rather help people to understand the relationship between their own culture and the dominant culture. When you understand another culture or language, it does not mean that you have to lose your own culture.

我们不应该诋毁任何其他文化,而应该帮助人们理解自己的文化和主导文化之间的关系。当你理解了另一种文化或语言,并不意味着你必须失去自己的文化。

Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the punk rock kids fed the homeless in the town square.

朋克就像其他亚文化或音乐一样。纯摇滚音乐就有这些元素。我在一个地方长大,那里的朋克摇滚孩子在城镇广场上为无家可归的人提供食物。

The only thing that's a little tricky about it is sometimes people assume that if it's a new song, it's a reflection of what you're feeling or going through now.

唯一有点棘手的是,有时人们会认为,如果这是一首新歌,它就反映了你现在的感受或经历。

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

命运在其他事情上有很大的力量,尤其是在战争中,它可以通过非常微弱的力量给局势带来巨大的变化。

I went to my room and packed a change of clothes, got my banjo, and started walking down the road. Soon I found myself on the open highway headed east.

我回到自己的房间,收拾好换洗的衣服,拿起我的班卓琴,开始沿着路走。不久,我发现自己上了向东的高速公路。