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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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With the rise of cable, network is clearly floundering because the characters on cable are far more fascinating than they are on network. Network television is trying to figure it out. Network television really relies on story rather than character, and cable relies on character.

随着有线电视的兴起，网络显然陷入了困境，因为有线电视上的角色远比网络上的角色更吸引人。网络电视正试图解决这个问题。网络电视真正依赖的是故事而不是角色，而有线电视依赖的是角色。

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If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he may not feel the loss, or it may prevent him from using the money badly. But I cannot help doing this great wrong towards Man, that I make myself dishonest.

如果我从任何人那里偷钱，仅仅转移财产可能不会造成任何伤害;他可能感觉不到损失，或者这可能阻止他不当使用这笔钱。但我无法不这样对待人类，我使自己不诚实。

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Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it.

如果可以选择，什么都不想要的孩子不会存钱……作为父母，我们有义务给孩子们他们需要的东西。他们想要什么，我们可以给他们作为一个特殊的礼物，或者他们可以节省他们的钱。

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Yes, we have the freedom to do what we please, but it only works because we don't do everything we might please - we should exercise some degree of personal, and corporate, responsibility.

是的，我们有做自己喜欢做的事情的自由，但这只是因为我们没有做所有我们可能喜欢做的事情——我们应该行使一定程度的个人和公司责任。

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Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.

放手给我们自由，自由是幸福的唯一条件。如果我们的内心仍然执着于任何东西——愤怒、焦虑或财产——我们就无法获得自由。

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I came from a very poor family and my main dream in life was to break out of this poverty.

我来自一个非常贫穷的家庭，我人生的主要梦想就是摆脱这种贫困。

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I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

我宁愿贫穷时住在书屋里，也不愿做一个没有读书欲望的国王。

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I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.

我绝对反对人们应该知道自己的位置和阶级的观点。

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Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics.

生命中没有什么是确定的，除了死亡、税收和热力学第二定律。

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We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.

我们选择我们现在的态度。这是一个持续的选择。

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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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Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

贫穷当然不是耻辱，但它确实令人讨厌。

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