A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
一步
Step
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
从崇高到荒谬只有一步之遥。
Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life.
退一步，评估什么是重要的，享受生活。
The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.
走向知识的第一步是知道自己无知。
The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story.
读者真的必须主动读一篇短篇小说。
I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.
我到处都带着一个笔记本。但这只是第一步。
I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.
我认为政客们与人们真正想要的东西相去甚远。
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
设定目标是将无形变为有形的第一步。
Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.
做你自己。这是超越自我的第一步。
Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.
迈出一步，在这个世界上呼吸，在故事、诗歌、歌曲、艺术中再次散发出来。
I thought: Just one step. One step at a time. You don't have to do them all at once.
我想:就一步。一步一个脚印。你不必一次做完所有的事情。
If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.
如果是这样的话，我相信技术可能会达到他们的水平。
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
艺术是从显而易见和众所周知的走向神秘和隐蔽的一步。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
精益求精，越爬越高，却只能一步一步。
The first step is you have to say that you can.
第一步是你必须说你能做到。
I don't actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don't have to step on a precise mark with me. Instead of giving marks to the actors I like to give marks to the camera.
我其实不喜欢阻挡演员。我更喜欢给演员自由。他们不需要踩到我身上的精确印记。我不给演员打分，而是给摄影机打分。
I'm always cautious about overstepping any boundaries. At the end of the day, it's a director's medium, and if they don't want to hear from me I just step back.
我总是小心翼翼地避免越界。说到底，这是导演的媒介，如果他们不想听我的，我就退一步。
Of course there are many ways we can reuse something. We can dye it. We can cut it. We can change the buttons. Those are other ways to make it alive. But this is a new step to use anything - hats, socks, shirts. It's the first step in the process.
当然，我们有很多方法可以重用一些东西。我们可以给它染色。我们可以削减。我们可以换按钮。这些是让它活下来的其他方法。但这是使用任何东西的新步骤——帽子、袜子、衬衫。这是整个过程的第一步。