A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
能力
Ability
They say that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and I've learnt a great deal, but you can never predict the future, so the best thing is just to do whatever you're asked to do to the best of your ability.
他们说那些杀不死你的东西会让你更强大，我也学到了很多，但你永远无法预测未来，所以最好的办法就是尽你所能去做任何你被要求做的事情。
Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.
社会作为一个整体从一种所有人，不论种族或性别，都有机会获得尊重、责任、晋升和基于能力的薪酬的气氛中获益无穷。
Every little thing that people know about you as a person impedes your ability to achieve that kind of terrific suspension of disbelief that happens when an audience goes with an actor and character he's playing.
人们对你所知的每一件小事都会阻碍你的能力，让你无法像观众对演员和他所扮演的角色那样，完全不相信他。
When you see people who are really good at game shows, the one common attribute is a cool head under pressure: an ability to perform as well in the studio, surrounded by lights and noise, as you do on your couch.
当你看到那些非常擅长游戏节目的人时，一个共同的特征就是在压力下保持冷静:在工作室里，在灯光和噪音的包围下，表现得和你在沙发上一样好。
I've always felt that I would rather see an actor, writer, or musician's work, rather than actually know the person. If you know too much about an artist, it somehow lessens their ability to do their work as well.
我总是觉得我宁愿看演员、作家或音乐家的作品，也不愿真正了解这个人。如果你对一个艺术家了解太多，就会削弱他们的工作能力。
Just as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement, discipline is also central to the long-run economic health of nations.
正如一个人在年轻时推迟满足的能力是未来学术和专业成就的有力预测器一样，纪律对于国家的长期经济健康也至关重要。
I'm confident in my own ability. If that wasn't the case you might as well pack it in now. If you think too much, you start doubting yourself, doubting your quality, so you have to train yourself in a certain way.
我对自己的能力很有信心。如果不是那样的话，你最好现在就把它收起来。如果你想得太多，你开始怀疑自己，怀疑自己的品质，所以你必须以某种方式训练自己。
An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.
一个作家的写作技巧中，一个绝对必要的部分，几乎和他的才能一样必要，就是在惩罚下站起来的能力，不管是这个世界给他的惩罚，还是他对自己施加的惩罚。
The ability and desire to transform the mundane materials at hand that we both bring into the collaboration well beyond the sum total of the parts - to birth a new baby neither of us could claim single parentage of.
我们都有能力和愿望将手头的平凡材料转化为合作的一部分，这远远超出了所有部件的总和——生产一个我们都不能声称是单亲的新生儿。
A man will treat a woman almost exactly the way he treats his own interior feminine. In fact, he hasn't the ability to see a woman, objectively speaking, until he has made some kind of peace with his interior woman.
男人对待女人的方式几乎和他对待自己内心女性的方式一样。事实上，客观地说，他没有能力看到一个女人，除非他和他内心的女人达成某种和平。
So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.
因此，如果我们真的关心增加税收，我们应该投资于我们的人民，而不是剥夺那些有助于他们成为这个国家更大的纳税人的资源。
If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands.
有时，如果科学带来的知识导致不幸的结局，这并不是科学的耻辱，而是一种不完美的能力的表现，明智地使用我们手中的天赋。
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Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
教育是一种能力，能够倾听任何事情而不发脾气或失去自信。
Art has this ability to allow you to connect back through history in the same way that biology does. I'm always looking for source material.
艺术有这样的能力，让你可以像生物学一样，回顾历史。我一直在寻找原始资料。
Everyone has the ability to hurt; it's the choice that matters.
每个人都有伤害别人的能力;重要的是选择。
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
大工作通常是那些能证明自己有能力克服小工作的人做的。
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
明智的人应该像鹤一样克制自己的感情，在适当了解自己的位置、时间和能力的情况下完成自己的目标。
Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.
音乐有治愈的力量。它能让人们离开自己几个小时。