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To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

说任何一个人都不适合自由，就是让贫困成为他们的选择，说他们宁愿背负重税也不愿不负担。

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The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp, disgraced by Gobbles and debased by advertising copy, remains a force for freedom that flies out between all bars.

这个词的首要地位，人类心理的基础，在我们这个时代已经被用来令人费解的说服和洗脑的纸浆，被吞噬的耻辱和广告文案的贬低，仍然是一股自由的力量，在所有的酒吧之间飞来飞去。

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I think there needs to be a way to allow people to become educated if they've paid taxes, they've been here a long time. And I think, actually, we need to think about young people are not making the decision on whether to come here.

我认为需要有一种方式让人们接受教育，如果他们已经纳税，他们已经在这里生活了很长时间。我认为，实际上，我们需要考虑的是，年轻人并没有决定是否来这里。

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You can't make your kids do anything. All you can do is make them wish they had. And then, they will make you wish you hadn't made them wish they had.

你不能让你的孩子做任何事。你所能做的就是让他们希望他们有。然后，他们会让你后悔你没有让他们后悔。

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In art, scandal is a false narrative, a smoke screen that camouflages rather than reveals. When we don't know what we're seeing, we overreact.

在艺术中，丑闻是一种虚假的叙述，是一种伪装而非揭露的烟幕。当我们不知道自己在看什么时，我们会反应过度。

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It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

它不需要多数人的支持就能获胜，而需要的是愤怒的、不知疲倦的少数人的支持，他们热衷于在人们的头脑中燃起熊熊烈火。

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Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool.

大多数人在奥运会后休息很长时间。我需要恢复正常的生活，所以我回到了游泳池。

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Given a choice between their worldview and the facts, it's always interesting how many people toss the facts.

如果要在他们的世界观和事实之间做出选择，有多少人抛弃事实总是很有趣的。

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Point is, people lie a lot. Sometimes out of habit. Not many people are good at telling the truth.

重点是，人们经常说谎，有时是出于习惯。没有多少人擅长讲真话。

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That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.

这是贫穷的痛苦诅咒之一;没有权利慷慨。

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If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination.

如果我们增加开支，我们就必须提高税收或任何措施的结合。

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Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle.

在这里，除了人类的判断之外，所有的契约都是脆弱的。

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Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.

贫穷使人聪明，但它是一种诅咒。

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