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Thinking about profound social change, conservatives always expect disaster, while revolutionaries confidentially expect utopia. Both are wrong.

  • -- Carolyn Heilbrun 海尔布伦

考虑到深刻的社会变革，保守主义者总是期待灾难，而革命者则暗地里期待乌托邦。两者都是错误的。

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When I interview people, and they give me an immediate answer, they're often not thinking. So I'm silent. I wait. Because they think they have to keep answering. And it's the second train of thought that's the better answer.

当我采访别人，他们给我一个即时的答案，他们通常不会思考。所以我沉默。我等待。因为他们认为他们必须继续回答。第二个思路是更好的答案。

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Social conservatives are very focused on strengthening the family, and I think they are right to do so. One of the worst blind spots of the Left has been its reluctance to say that marriage matters for children.

社会保守派非常注重加强家庭，我认为他们这样做是正确的。左派最大的盲点之一就是不愿意说婚姻对孩子很重要。

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By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.

通过“激进”，我理解一个人走得太远;“保守主义者”指的是走得不够远的人;被一个“反动分子”，一个根本不愿去的人。

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Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

保守主义者不一定愚蠢，但大多数愚蠢的人都是保守主义者。

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There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

有三类人;逆行，平稳和进步。

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With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.

乐队里有四个完美主义者，我们很难达到完美。

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A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

一个狂热的人是一个不能改变他的想法，也不会改变话题的人。

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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

极端的希望来自极端的苦难。

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