Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values.

  • -- Gerald Brenan 杰拉尔德·布雷南

知识分子认为思想比价值更重要。也就是说,自己的想法和别人的价值观。

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It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music.

有趣的是,音乐产业对互联网和免费复制音乐的方式感到愤怒。但你知道人们为什么偷音乐吗?因为他们买不起音乐。

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.

知识分子试图继续前进。但是他们的处境非常困难。那些有勇气表达反对意见的人往往付出了很高的代价。

We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the Arab world.

我们没有多少知识分子能在国际上为我们说话。我们没有在阿拉伯世界之外得到认可、尊重和爱戴的作家。

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

人们更在意别人认为自己有品位,而不是别人认为自己善良、聪明或和蔼可亲。

Words are mere shadows cast by ideas. But the ideas they represent are real.

言语不过是思想投下的阴影。但它们所代表的思想是真实的。

Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.

好主意常常被好主意扼杀。