To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up.

  • -- George H. Mead 乔治·H·米德

要对公共利益感兴趣,我们就必须不感兴趣,也就是说,不感兴趣的是与我们个人利益息息相关的东西。

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These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify our own selves with the jobs we do: 'What do you do?' is the first question we ask each other at parties, as if a job title could express a fundamental truth about our personality.

如今,我们似乎比以往任何时候都更离不开老板。我们甚至把自己和工作联系在一起:‘你是做什么的?这是我们在派对上互相问的第一个问题,似乎一个职位头衔可以反映出我们性格的一个基本事实。

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

我认为任何形式的阅读都是重要的。我认为一个想要学会喜欢阅读的人应该从他们感兴趣的话题开始,或者从他们感兴趣的人开始。

I'll kind of get interested in a subject and I won't know why. It'll be in my head for many years and I'll say, 'Do I know enough here to research?'

我会对一门学科感兴趣,但我不知道为什么。这将在我的脑海中萦绕多年,我会问自己,‘我在这里的知识是否足以进行研究?’

There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.

有很多事情我没有分享,我永远也不会分享。我有自己的私人生活。

I think it was more personal, but I certainly tried to adapt certain concepts of Surrealism.

我认为这是更私人的,但我确实试图适应超现实主义的某些概念。

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

一个人有多少个认识他的人,他就有多少个社会自我。