For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being bodies in other men's command and find that they control their own time, when they learn their own voice and authority.

  • -- Theodore H. White 白修德

对于那些迟早会幸运地脱离群体的男人来说,最令人陶醉的时刻是,他们不再是受他人支配的躯体,而是发现自己掌握了自己的时间,学会了自己的声音和权威。

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Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

不要等待;时间永远不会“恰到好处”。从你现在所处的位置开始,使用你所掌握的任何工具,你会发现更好的工具。

A strong person is not the one who doesn't cry. A strong person is one who is quiet and sheds tears for a moment, and then picks up her sword and fights again.

坚强的人不是不哭的人。一个坚强的人是一个安静的人,哭了一会儿,然后拿起她的剑,再次战斗。

At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow.

在那些时候,我进入了……我想你会说这是惯例。我曾经演过喜剧,喜剧,喜剧,我突然觉得我应该以某种方式摆脱这些。

Don't waste time looking back and regretting what happened. Look forward and start making things happen. That's the first step to creating a better reality.

不要浪费时间回顾和后悔所发生的一切。向前看,开始行动。这是创造更美好现实的第一步。

Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.

无生命物体可以科学地分为三类;那些不工作的,那些崩溃的,那些迷路的。

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.

放债的比奴隶主还坏;因为主人只欠你一个人的债,债主却欠你的体面,并且能制伏你。

Every moment is a moment of decision, and every moment turns us inexorably in the direction of the rest of our lives.

每一个时刻都是一个决定的时刻,每一个时刻都在无情地把我们引向余生的方向。

Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it's seemingly smooth.

只有失败者才会在情况不好的时候做出决定。重新调整你的生活的时候是看起来很顺利的时候。

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

对我来说,艺术和象棋是密切相关的,两者都是自我发现美和表达的形式。

Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.

律师在没有我们乐队授权的情况下行事。他无权出售瓦洛瓦国家。

Instead of trying to find yourself find who you aren't, and go from there.

与其努力去发现自己,不如去发现你不是谁,然后从那里开始。

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

如果我必须再活一次,我也会犯同样的错误,只是会更快。

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

我认为,对大多数形式的权威,都存在明显的不尊重。

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

像完美男人这样的完美数字是非常罕见的。

We are men of action, lies do not become us.

我们是实干家,谎言不成其为我们。