A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
自我
Self
What do I really think? What do I believe in, without the horse manure?
我到底在想什么?没有马粪，我还能相信什么?
It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.
与傻瓜签订协议是我的命运，或许也是我的性格使然。
I don't sit around and study the pages of a script over and over again.
我不会坐在那里一遍又一遍地研究剧本。
I would be willing, yes glad, to see a battle every day during my life.
我愿意，是的，很高兴，看到我生命中的每一天都有一场战斗。
Every radish I ever pulled up seemed to have a mortgage attached to it.
我拔过的每根萝卜似乎都有抵押贷款。
I don't shop because I need something, I just shop for shopping's sake.
我购物不是因为我需要什么，我只是为了购物而购物。
I'm going to sleep well tonight knowing that I made the right decision.
今晚我要好好睡一觉，因为我知道我做了正确的决定。
How do I feel about war? Well anybody I guess, I hope, I don't like it.
我对战争有什么看法?我想，我希望，我不喜欢任何人。
I did everything by the seat of my pants. That's why I got hurt so much.
我做任何事都凭直觉。这就是我受伤的原因。
I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form.
我总是感到兴奋和惊讶，我可以把演员放在我的纳税申报单上。
I was a normal, rather dutiful child. I didn't even rebel as a teenager.
我是一个正常的、相当孝顺的孩子。我十几岁的时候甚至没有反抗过。
I do try to let what is obviously unintended yet naturally good stay in.
我试着让那些明显是无意的，但自然是好的东西留在里面。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
In a sacred ground like marriage, you find yourself out of it at certain times for reasons unknown that can be destructive. There could be a demon that kind of comes out and overtakes you.
在像婚姻这样神圣的地方，你会发现自己在某些时候会因为未知的原因而远离它，这可能是毁灭性的。可能会有一个恶魔出来，控制你。
I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
我不想伤害别人，也不想让别人看到我，但人们似乎很容易忘记我。
The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.
我离结婚最近的一次是在我开始唱歌之前。事实上，我的第一张唱片救了我的命。
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.
尊重你的努力，尊重你自己。自尊导致自律。当你把两者牢牢地绑在腰带上，那才是真正的力量。
One thing I've learned: My intentions are clear in terms of quality.
我学到了一件事:我的意图在质量方面是明确的。
I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face.
当我还是个孩子的时候，我最想做的就是成为一名小说家。如果你告诉我长大后要当艺术家或小说家，我会当面笑话你。