A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
信任
Believe
Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you.
如果你不能用音乐来探索生活或对生活的理想化想象，为什么还要从事音乐创作呢?我相信我们很多人的一生都是在睡梦中度过的，而我一直试图做的就是抓住那些瞬间，那一刻，一个小小的火花划破迷雾，触动了你。
I still like to keep tapes of the few minutes before the final take, things that happen before the session. Maybe it's superstitious, but I believe if I had done things differently - if I had walked around the studio or gone out - it wouldn't have turned out that way.
我仍然喜欢在期末考试前的几分钟录下来，也就是在考试前发生的事情。也许这是迷信的说法，但我相信如果我做的事情不同——如果我在演播室里走来走去或者走出去——结果就不会是那样。
This is a year and a few months after the transplant. Before I had it my doctors told me that it would be the biggest thing that I ever had to face and believe me, when they take your liver out of ya and put another one in it's like replacing a football in your stomach.
这是移植后一年零几个月。在我生下它之前，我的医生告诉我，这将是我不得不面对的最大的事情，相信我，当他们把你的肝脏取出来，再放入另一个肝脏时，就像在你的胃里放了一个足球。
Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message.
展望未来，我相信，高等教育、科学、技术、研究和学术对我们的生活质量、经济实力和我们在许多方面的安全的潜在重要性将继续是最重要的信息。
Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't ever believe that I was good enough to be come one.
在演戏之前，我想成为一名记者。我也有过当厨师的想法，但那只是当人们问我想做什么的时候。事实上，我总是说我想成为一名演员，但我从来都不相信我有能力成为一名演员。
I really believe that's one of the many reasons that God had put me right in the middle of the Backstreet Boys. There are so many stars today that don't realize the impact they have on young people. Being a superstar is great, as long as you can be a positive role model.
我真的相信这是上帝把我放在后街男孩中间的众多原因之一。今天有那么多的明星没有意识到他们对年轻人的影响。成为一个超级明星是很伟大的，只要你能成为一个积极的榜样。
Nothing else matters much -- not wealth, nor learning, nor even health -- without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life.
没有这一天赋——保持生活热情的精神能力，没有什么比财富、学识甚至健康更重要的了。这是信条的信条，是所有重要信仰的最终沉淀和升华:你应该能够相信生活。
I don't believe in trouble. Because I think that trouble is sometimes good, sometimes bad. I've been known to be called trouble, which I think is quite a compliment. But I suppose, thinking about it, that my best and worst trouble has always had something to do with a man.
我不相信有麻烦。因为我认为麻烦有时是好事，有时是坏事。我曾被称为麻烦，我认为这是一种赞美。但是我想，我最大的和最大的麻烦总是和一个男人有关。
NATO believes it can pick on a small nation and force us to surrender our independence. And that is where NATO miscalculated. You are not willing to sacrifice lives to achieve our surrender. But we are willing to die to defend our rights as an independent sovereign nation.
北约认为它可以欺负一个小国，迫使我们放弃独立。这就是北约误判的地方。你不愿意为了我们的投降而牺牲生命。但我们愿意为捍卫我们作为一个独立主权国家的权利而牺牲。
When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I can do is to write about it, because if I insert myself into the equation it doesn't really do much good, but if I write about it I think it could do more good.
当我看到有人受到虐待时，我的眼睛会流泪，我想要阻止它。我认为我能做的最好的事情就是把它写下来，因为如果我把自己代入这个方程它不会有太大的用处，但是如果我把它写下来，我认为它会有更大的用处。
The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity.
反腐败斗争从来就不是一件容易的事情。过去没有，将来也不会有。它对我们自己、我们的家人、我们的朋友，尤其是我们的孩子造成了伤害。最后，我相信，就像我的情况一样，我们所付出的代价值得我们保持尊严。
I want to believe that those who have been appointed to accomplish this mission will be totally committed, devoting all their skills and determination to their work. I urge you to lend them your support so that, together, we can build that bright future worthy of our country.
我要相信，那些被任命来完成这项任务的人将完全致力于这项任务，将他们所有的技能和决心都投入到他们的工作中。我敦促你们向他们提供支持，这样，我们就能共同建设一个配得上我们国家的光明未来。
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The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why they always end up being so personal - because the kind of artists I like, they convince me, they totally win me over straight away in that thing. Like, 'Oh my God, this song is totally about me.'
我写歌的方式是，我必须相信我所写的东西，这就是为什么我写的歌总是那么个人化的原因——因为我喜欢的那种艺术家，他们让我信服，他们完全在那件事上赢得了我。比如，‘天哪，这首歌完全是关于我的。’
I guess I'd like to have my cake and eat it, too. I want to be known for having a recognizable style. I believe having your own personal identity is what makes you competitive. On the other hand, I would like to be versatile and be challenged to go in new directions.
我想我也想鱼与熊掌兼得。我想让别人知道我的风格。我相信拥有自己的个性会让你更有竞争力。另一方面，我想成为一个多才多艺的人，接受挑战，走向新的方向。
Believe me, if a man doesn't know death, he doesn't know life.
相信我，如果一个人不知道死亡，他就不知道生命。
We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.
我们学过阿克顿勋爵的格言:所有的权力都腐败，绝对的权力绝对腐败。当我开始写这些书的时候，我相信这一点，但现在我不再相信这一点了。权力并不总是腐败的。权力可以净化。我相信关于权力总是正确的是权力总是揭示。
People believe what they want to believe.
人们相信他们想相信的。
Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.
我们大多数人相信，只有当别人能以我们认可的方式快乐时，我们才会努力让他们快乐。