People tend to think that I know less about what I'm talking about than I actually do - usually people who think that all aristocrats are stupid.

  • -- Christopher Walter Monckton 克里斯托弗·沃尔特·蒙克顿

人们往往认为我对自己在说些什么知道得比实际上少——通常认为所有贵族都很愚蠢的人。

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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.

现代的悲剧之一是,人们开始相信某人过去说过的一些话,可能是为了说明或挑衅的目的,实际上代表了那个人当时的信仰。

As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.

当我回顾我的生活时,我意识到每次我觉得自己被拒绝的时候,我实际上是被重新引导到更好的地方。

I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is to what extent I can deconstruct and reconstruct the material that I'm working with.

我认为作为一个作曲家,对我影响最大的一件事就是我能在多大程度上解构和重建我正在创作的材料。

I knew books could see people around them, they ground their tiny teeth, tried to rattle like windows, stories to tell.

我知道书能看见周围的人,他们咬牙切齿,像窗户一样格格作响,讲着故事。

I was a punk. I think that's why I'm such a good person now, because I was such a bad guy then.

我是个朋克。我想这就是为什么我现在是一个好人,因为那时我是一个坏人。

Young people have so many letdowns that people don't realize.

年轻人有太多的失望,人们没有意识到。