A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
把好句子,读进生活里。
一句英文,一种视角。慢慢读,总有一句与你共鸣。
My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.
我的背景是艺术学校,纪录片导演和冲浪者,对危险生命的愚蠢行为有着强烈的兴趣。
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
旅行者看到他所看到的,旅游者看到他所来看到的。
One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.
一个有信仰的人等于99个只有兴趣的人的力量。
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
最后,除了你自己心灵的完整,没有什么是神圣的。
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies.
正如高大的树木因其阴影而为人所知,好人也因其敌人而为人所知。
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
教育的目的是使青年人作好终生自学的准备。
The two designs are completely different. The first is totally futuristic, the second is more classical. You can of course get very excited about doing something completely out of the ordinary, just like the Olympic stadium in its time. But each to his or her own taste.
这两种设计完全不同。第一个完全是未来主义的,第二个更经典。你当然可以对做一些完全不同寻常的事情感到非常兴奋,就像当时的奥林匹克体育场一样。但每个人都有自己的口味。
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
每个年轻人都应该牢记,所有成功的事业都是建立在道德基础上的。
The grass isn't always greener on the other side!
这山望着那山高,这山望着那山高。
Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
艺术本身就是从混乱中恢复秩序的一种尝试。
I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.
我知道我的墓碑上刻着什么:“我没有更多要说的了。”
I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting.
我什么都不满足,躁动不安,野心勃勃……我鄙视自己的虚荣心,虚荣心是我努力的一半动力。啊,但愿我是那些曾经着手犁地的迟钝而又聪明的傻瓜之一,什么也不怀疑。