As countries grapple with modernization, people who are left behind tend to hold firmer and firmer to their view of the evil of modernity.

  • -- Richard Holbrooke 霍尔布鲁克

当国家与现代化作斗争时,落后的人们往往对现代化的罪恶持有越来越坚定的看法。

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Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected.

现代性是短暂的、瞬息万变的、偶然的,构成了艺术的一半,而另一半则是永恒的、不可改变的。这一瞬息万变、瞬息万变的因素决不能轻视或忽视。

Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur.

现代性:我们创造了没有英雄主义的青春,没有智慧的老年,没有宏伟壮丽的人生。

Not one more dime for countries that burn our flag.

不要再给那些烧我们国旗的国家一分钱。

Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.

每个国家的人都想演奏爵士乐。