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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Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit.

软瘾是我们文化中诱人的一面——它们很容易达到,也为社会所接受,在许多情况下甚至受到鼓励。然而它们对灵魂是致命的。

We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.

我们对国会中一些资历颇深、地位显赫的议员以及一些将不再与我们共事的新议员的流失感到遗憾。

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。

In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied.

因此,在一个精神敏感的文化中,年龄很可能是值得羡慕或羡慕的东西。

People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.

人们能够洞悉是什么在困扰着他们,但他们几乎没有做任何改变。

Confession, alas, is the new handshake.

唉,忏悔是新的握手。