A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
自我
Self
When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb.
当我情绪高涨的时候，我看起来很正常，甚至很快乐。我觉得更聪明。我有秘密。我能在一个灯泡里看到上帝。
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。
We take art, and I love all that. But I also like science for some reason. I just like finding out why things happen.
我们学习艺术，我喜欢这一切。但出于某种原因，我也喜欢科学。我只是想找出事情发生的原因。
You had to be into sport and, sad to say, I'm a traitor to my country because I don't have a sporting bone in my body.
你必须热爱运动，遗憾的是，我是祖国的叛徒，因为我没有运动的天赋。
I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There's still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy.
我确实有玩怪咖的本事。人们仍然认为我是个疯子。
When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script.
当我坐下来，看着空白页，把它写下来的时候，我就把它叫做我的脚本。
I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.
我不能说如果我们改变，情况是否会好转;我能说的是，如果他们想变得更好，就必须改变。
I am terrible at video games and I am really competitive. And if I am not the best at something, I go absolutely crazy!
我不擅长电子游戏，我很有竞争力。如果我不擅长某件事，我会发疯的!
I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby.
我和蜂蜜的亲密关系没有任何问题，但我对自己抚养孩子的能力感到不安。
I'll never make it, it will never happen, because they're never going to hear me 'cause they're screaming all the time.
我永远不会成功，永远不会发生，因为他们永远听不到我，因为他们一直在尖叫。
There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to go through all this'.
有一段时间，我觉得，‘该死，如果我生下来就是黑人，我就不用经历这一切了’。
Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn't want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again.
当我不想为别人工作时，询问我认为不可能的薪水是多少，一次又一次地提高了我的薪水。
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It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.
这是一种奇特的感觉，一种双重意识，一种总是通过别人的眼睛来审视自己的感觉，一种用一根带子来衡量自己的灵魂的感觉，而这个带子上的世界却以一种嘲弄的轻蔑和怜悯的眼光看着我们。
As far as I can judge, not much good can be done without disturbing something or somebody.
在我看来，如果不打扰某人或某件事，就不会有什么好事发生。
I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.
我是福特，不是林肯。
The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner self, the Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my music comes from.
平静的头脑允许一个人与内在的自我，灵魂，我们存在的源头相联系。那就是音乐存在的地方。这就是我音乐的来源。
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 never dreamed I would do Westerns.
我做梦也没想到我会拍西部片。