I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is amusing to coquette with an echo for a little while, but one soon tires of it.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

我不喜欢和总是同意我的人多说话。用回声去卖弄风情,一会儿是有趣的,但很快就会厌倦的。

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The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.

在绘画中,小与大可以对比,但不能说相反。颜色对比的对位;但是也有相反的颜色,也就是说,它们会产生不好的效果,因为当它们非常靠近眼睛时,会使眼睛受到震动。

I have said what I meant and meant what I said. I have not done as well as I should like to have done, but I have done my best, frankly and forth-rightly; no man can do more, and you are entitled to no less.

我说了我的意思,我说的就是我的意思。我并没有做得像我想做的那样好,但我已经尽了最大的努力,坦白地说,我做得很对;没有人能做得更多,而你也有权做得更多。

We were too young to know better, and none of us were very aggressive people. It would have helped a lot if just one of us had been aggressive enough to say no.

我们都太年轻了,还不懂事,而且我们都不是很有进取心的人。如果我们中有一个人敢于说“不”,那将会大有帮助。

Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.

我的目标就是让人们觉得他们并不孤单。这就是最棒的感觉。

There's always one shot that I can rely on when I'm not hitting the ball that well, is my serve.

当我不击球的时候,总有一个球我可以依靠,那就是我的发球。

For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.

对于任何一个稍微清醒一点的导演来说,杰作都是偶然出现在你面前的电影。

I've been very fortunate with the scripts I've had and the people I worked with.

我很幸运,有了这些剧本,有了这些同事。

Soon, I knew that I would become a chemist, rather than a composer.

很快,我知道我将成为一名化学家,而不是作曲家。

If youth is a defect, it is one we outgrow too soon.

如果青春是一种缺陷,那么它就是我们成长得太快而无法弥补的缺陷。

I like small stories.

我喜欢小故事。