For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going.

  • -- David Foster Wallace 大卫·福斯特·华莱士

对于这些文化来说,在不解决深层原因的情况下摆脱痛苦就像在火灾还在继续的时候关掉火灾警报。

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Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that united all the countries of Europe. The arts, literature, music are the connecting link of Europe.

甚至在欧洲在经济层面上统一或在经济利益和贸易层面上构思之前,是文化使欧洲所有国家统一。艺术、文学、音乐是连接欧洲的纽带。

I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that a photograph that doesn't have a personal vision or doesn't communicate emotion fails.

我喜欢感觉我所有最好的照片都有强烈的个人愿景,而一张没有个人愿景或没有传达情感的照片会失败。

A culture is only as great as its dreams and its dreams are dreamed by artists.

一种文化的伟大程度取决于它的梦想,而它的梦想是艺术家们的梦想。

I like being married, but it was never something I felt I had to do.

我喜欢结婚,但我从不觉得我必须结婚。