A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
自我
Self
Just because I managed to do a little something, I don't want anyone back home to think I got the big head.
就因为我成功地做了一件小事,我不想让家里的任何人认为我得到了那个大头。
I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit. Besides, I can't die now - I'm booked.
我不相信死亡。它已经完成了。我正在设计一个新的出口。此外,我现在不能死——我已经有预约了。
When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again.
当我把一个问题弄清楚,弄得筋疲力尽时,我就离开它,以便重新回到黑暗中去。
She did not admire him any more than she had. It was merely that she considered him the Lesser of two evils.
她并不比以前更钦佩他。她只是认为他是两害相权取其轻。
When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and stuffed animals, pretend like they're real dogs.
当我回家的时候,我和我的娃娃,婴儿车和填充动物玩,假装他们是真正的狗。
I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do.
我不认为梦工厂会在签下我的时候期望我做的任何事情都是一团糟。
My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof for as long as I was married to Oleg.
我母亲好几个星期都不和我说话,只要我和奥列格结了婚,她就不愿在我家里住多久。
I think having nature be a part of people's lives helps all of us see ourselves as part of something larger.
我认为,让自然成为人们生活的一部分,有助于我们所有人把自己看作更大的事物的一部分。
My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town.
我的同胞们委托制作了一尊共和国的半身像。它将被放置在我家乡的喷泉上。
I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
我一直在我的谷仓里练习击球,那里没有人能看到我,所以我可能比任何人想象的都要好。
I was a small kid from Huntington, Long Island. I never imagined that anything like that would happen to me.
我是一个来自长岛亨廷顿的小孩。我从未想过这样的事会发生在我身上。
I hate bumper stickers, you can't sum anything up. All you do is paint yourself in some caricaturist corner.
我讨厌汽车保险杠上的贴纸,你什么都不能概括。你所做的就是把自己画在某个漫画家的角落里。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Little Odessa. Of all my movies, it's the one that I still really love when I watch it and I'm pretty happy with what I didn in that.
敖德萨。在我所有的电影中,这是一部我仍然非常喜欢的电影,我很高兴我没有在里面。
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
生活不是寻找自我。生活就是创造自己。
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
上帝给了你一张脸,你却创造了另一张脸。
I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different. Having a bit of a rougher existence early on, it made me appreciate the work ethic that my grandparents instilled in me.
我有一个非常困难的童年。我周围的人都有父母,这让我感觉不一样。早年的生活比较艰苦,这让我懂得了祖父母灌输给我的职业道德。
I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.
我希望人们记住我是一个有一系列优先事项的人,并且愿意按照这些优先事项生活。就成就而言,我最大的成就是在真正的危险中维护了国家的安全。