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Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

我们的发明往往是漂亮的玩具，分散我们的注意力从严肃的事情。它们只是改进的手段，以达到未改进的目的。

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Perhaps it is this specter that most haunts working men and women: the planned obsolescence of people that is of a piece with the planned obsolescence of the things they make. Or sell.

也许正是这种幽灵最常萦绕在工作的男男女女身上:人们的计划报废与他们生产的产品的计划报废是一体的。或出售。

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We have to recognize that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

我们必须认识到，除非有承诺，除非有忠诚，除非有爱、耐心和坚持，否则就不可能有关系。

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I've had two children. I've had three boyfriends. I've had a lot of things happen that can change your opinions and values and philosophies.

我有两个孩子。我有三个男朋友。我经历过很多事情，它们可以改变你的观点、价值观和哲学。

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There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

我的老祖母曾经说过，世界上只有两家:富人和穷人。

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The wilderness is a place that every believer has to experience to be molded for their divine purpose.

荒野是每个信徒都必须经历的地方，为了他们神圣的目的而被塑造。

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Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

激情是能量。感受专注于令你兴奋的事情所带来的力量。

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The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values.

教育的目的不是知识的事实，而是价值。

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Without trust there is no love, for trust is also love.

没有信任就没有爱，因为信任也是爱。

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