There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.

  • -- James Nathan Miller 詹姆斯·内森·米勒

只要你知道该听什么,就不会有毫无价值的谈话。问题是谈话的生命。

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I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.

我有体质上的弱点,很容易被闪光灯分散注意力。如果房间里开着电视,我就不能和你谈话。我不吃,不睡,我只会和我的沙发融为一体。

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.

当一个人唯一需要的东西是成为——最终成为,并在他存在的充实中死去时,怎么可能有获得或占有的问题呢?

The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people.

在我们最好的大学里完成最后一笔工作的绝大多数黑人,对他们的人民的发展几乎毫无价值。

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.

每个人都受到生活的考验;他只有对自己的生命负责,才能对生命负责;对生活,他只能以负责任的态度来回应。

In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.

没有意志力,最完整的美德和才能的集合体也就毫无价值了。

My body is the only thing that’s truly mine, so I don’t give it away as though it’s worthless.

我的身体是唯一真正属于我的东西,所以我不会把它当毫无价值的东西送人。

Remember even if you loose all, keep your good name for if you loose that you are worthless.

记住,即使你失去了一切,也要保持你的好名声,因为如果你失去了,你就一文不值了。

I am conversational - I just like to engage and talk about things.

我很健谈——我只是喜欢参与和谈论事情。