A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Specific
It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.
先知不必讲得太具体。
I don't watch something just because it's a specific genre.
我不只是因为它是一种特定的类型才看它。
The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.
特殊性并不是排他性的，它缺乏对整体性的追求。
Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.
自尊和自卑有特定的气味;它们可以闻到。
You can theorise about the options you have but in reality they are very specific.
你可以把你的选择理论化，但实际上它们是非常具体的。
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
我一直想成为大人物，但现在我意识到我应该更具体一些。
Today, I'm very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give captions.
今天，当我写或给出说明的时候，我非常小心地不提非常具体的位置。
I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes.
我在脑子里写我的书，而不是在一个特定的研究中有一个观点。这是我内心的想法。
There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.
总有某个特定的时刻，我们会意识到自己的青春已经逝去;但是，多年以后，我们知道那是很久以后的事了。
Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
不断迫害寡妇和孤儿是一种罪行。甚至圣经也说，在地狱里有一个专门的地方给那些欺压寡妇的人。
Age is just a number. When I started, I never worried about how long I was going to play. I had very specific goals, and that's what I really chased.
年龄只是一个数字。刚开始的时候，我从不担心我要玩多久。我有非常明确的目标，那是我真正追求的。
If you start out trying to achieve a specific thing - like doing stadium shows or going into the studio and doing an album - the end result is what counts.
如果你一开始就想做一件特定的事情，比如去体育场表演，或者去录音室做一张专辑，最终的结果才是最重要的。
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I think a novel has to be about where you are at a given moment in time. I think it really needs to represent some specific pain you're going through. it's not just a story.
我认为小说必须是关于你在特定的时间点所处的位置。我认为它真的需要代表你正在经历的一些特定的痛苦。这不仅仅是个故事。
All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they're about dead people. Paintings you don't think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I'm looking at something dead.
所有的图画都是不自然的。所有的照片都很悲伤，因为它们是关于死人的。你不会在一个特殊的时间或特定的事件中想到绘画。拍照片的时候，我总觉得自己在看一些死去的东西。
And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. But there is a knowing when it's enough and you can leave it alone.
我没有具体的步骤要做，因为我不会每次都以同样的方式开始。但有一种知道什么时候就足够了，你可以不去管它。
I don't know the first real thing about the dating game. I don't know how to talk to a specific person and connect. I just think you have to go to person by person and do the best you can with people in general.
我对约会游戏一无所知。我不知道如何和一个特定的人交谈并建立联系。我只是认为你必须一个人一个人地去，尽可能地与人相处。
It's often wrong to write for specific actors because one ends up using what is least interesting about them, their mannerisms and habits. I prefer not to write for specific people.
为特定的演员写剧本通常是错误的，因为人们最终会使用他们最不有趣的地方，他们的举止和习惯。我不喜欢为特定的人写作。
My advice would be to write what is most personal and specific to your experience or your life. And your voice will emerge and because of its specificity, it will be universal.
我的建议是，根据你的经历或生活，写一些最私人、最具体的东西。你的声音将会出现，因为它的特殊性，它将是普遍的。