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Setting
I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind.
我总是设法使背景与我心目中的故事相吻合。
I just feel that the only power I have is setting a good example.
我只是觉得我唯一的力量就是树立一个好榜样。
Clothes should just be like a beautiful setting for a jewel: They should offset you.
衣服应该就像珠宝的美丽布景:它们应该抵消你。
The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.
这位先生使我想起了一只老母鸡，它在蛋被取走后还坚持要下蛋。
I want my kids to be in an environment where they can talk about values in a way that you can't always do in a public school setting.
我希望我的孩子们能在这样的环境中谈论价值观，而这在公立学校是不可能做到的。
Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.
显然，我既喜欢当代小说，也喜欢历史小说。当一个故事的线索抓住我时，我会试着跟着它走，看看它会把我带到什么地方。
Sadness is a very interesting idea, this idea of sadness being some kind of default setting that artists will go into. And then I started thinking about this idea of sadness and happiness, and the idea that sadness is very loud, and happiness is quiet.
悲伤是一个非常有趣的想法，悲伤是艺术家们的一种默认设置。然后我开始思考悲伤和快乐的概念，悲伤是很大声的，而快乐是安静的。
Women have not yet realized the cowardice that resides, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow.
女人还没有意识到自己内心的懦弱，因为如果她们决定这样做，她们就能够和你战斗到死;为了证明我说的是真话，在众多女性中，我将率先行动，为她们树立榜样。