A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
短
Short
Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline.
尤其是单口喜剧，我喜欢笑话。我喜欢简洁、有条理的想法和妙语。
In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop.
简而言之，动物和植物的线，在上面发散得很广，在下面连接成一个圈。
The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
如果剑很短，而笔又很锋利，那么笔就比剑更有力。
I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets.
我的手很短。这就是为什么我必须俯身听音符;我总是够不到烦恼。
Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order.
在短篇小说中，每一件事都要有分量，才能真正成为头等大事。
You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.
作为一个演员，你只有很短的货架期，我想趁我还能的时候好好利用它。
We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.
我们只有有限的时间。不管长还是短，都没有关系。生活就是要去生活。
My first priority is growing this economy in the long term, and stimulating it in the short term.
我的首要任务是长期发展经济，并在短期内刺激经济。
In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.
年轻时，白天短，岁月长。年老时，年岁短，白天长。
There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off.
写短篇小说是一种乐趣，当你完成某些事情时，会有一种奇妙的成就感。
I think so many people are reactive... they see things in a short term way they're right up against it.
我想很多人都是被动的…他们以一种短期的方式看待事物，他们正面临着挑战。
We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be.
我们都是人，没有达到我们应该达到的目标。我们永远不能停止努力做最好的自己。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up.
但是长话短说，我开始做单口相声不是因为我想做一个电视节目，或者成为一名演员，甚至想写喜剧小品。我喜欢单口喜剧是因为我喜欢单口喜剧。
The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
我读到的第一件事是我的角色和悉尼的未婚夫通电话。虽然很短，但写得很好，让我笑了。我想如果我想扮演一个角色，这就是我想要的。
It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
现在我年纪大了，我的身体很难在锻炼后恢复，所以我们必须保持锻炼时间短，这意味着锻炼非常困难，而且强度很大。它糟透了。
People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on.
人们总是说生命是短暂的。我从来都不相信这一点——我的似乎有一种没完没了的倾向。
If a book is well written, I always find it too short.
如果一本书写得好，我总是觉得它太短了。
A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand.
从这一点到利文沃斯堡有一条军用公路，德拉瓦雷斯的农场和小木屋在方圆数英里的范围内分散在两边，间隔很短。