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简单
Simple
Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
事情很简单,是我们人类让它变得困难。
I'm a simple kind of guy, so I just envision myself being happy.
我是一个简单的人,所以我想象自己是快乐的。
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
每件事都应该尽可能地简单,但不是越简单越好。
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
有时问题很复杂,答案很简单。
I can't look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do.
我不能像伟大的诗人那样用简单、宏大的方式来看待事物。
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.
天才可能是用简单的方式说出深奥的东西的能力。
All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.
我所有的音乐都很简单,旋律通常都很清晰。
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
坚强、持久、朴实和谦虚都近乎美德。
It's all very simple. But maybe because it's so simple, it's also hard.
一切都很简单。但也许因为它很简单,也很难。
To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.
坠入爱河极其简单,而失恋则极其可怕。
Research indicates that most women want their man to earn more than they do.
研究表明,大多数女性都希望自己的丈夫挣得比自己多。
I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?
我的意思是,我的人非常非常简单。他们是农民,你知道吗?
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I found the simple life, ain't so simple.
我发现简单的生活,并不是那么简单。
I feel that all good art is powerful and simple.
我觉得所有好的艺术都是强大而简单的。
Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.
一切深刻的东西都是简单的,只要保持对整个真理的参照,就可以简单地再现出来。但重要的不是机智,而是真实。
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
生活一直都很简单,但是我们也一直都忍不住要把它变得很复杂。
I always go back to how people behave. If you watch how people actually behave in a situation, it's very simple and honest and contained. You don't need to use as much expression, as much feeling. Some characters will boil over, and that's another thing, but a lot of times I think you can just do very, very little.
我总是回到人们的行为。如果你观察人们在某种情况下的实际行为,你会发现它非常简单、诚实和包容。你不需要用太多的表情,更多的感觉。有些角色会沸腾,这是另一回事,但很多时候我认为你能做的非常非常少。
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.
让简单变得复杂是司空见惯的;让复杂变得简单,非常简单,这就是创造力。