A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
块
Block
A book that is shut is but a block.
有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。
Writer's block is only a failure of the ego.
作家的障碍只是自我的失败。
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
我选择一块大理石，把我不需要的东西砍掉。
The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
宇宙的四个组成部分是火、水、碎石和乙烯基。
In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.
在外表上是那么辉煌，那么虚荣;这只不过是一块没有大脑的镀金的石头。
But you know, I always said that no one else on my block was on the radio, and it was fun.
但你知道，我总是说，我住的街区里没有其他人在听广播，这很有趣。
In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
事实上，社会化给我们提供了工具来填补我们进化的角色。他们是我们的基石。
It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.
正是无知的眼睛给每件事物赋予了固定不变的色彩;小心这个绊脚石。
If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them.
如果我们试图阻碍新技术的发展，我们就有效地确保了最负责任的方面不会开发这些技术。
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.
雕刻家通过凿掉大理石中不需要的部分来雕刻出美丽的雕像，这是一个淘汰的过程。
At the end of the block where I used to live in Coconut Grove in Miami, there's a swampy area, a no-name alcove with a little mangrove estuary. It's beautiful.
在街区的尽头，我曾经住在迈阿密的椰树林里，那里有一个沼泽区，一个没有名字的凹室，有一个小小的红树林入海口。它是美丽的。
As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a frisson of joy in the process.
作为一名专栏作家，我意识到，不管我揭露了多少腐败，半数读者都会把它挡在门外，尽管他们可能会在这个过程中感到一阵喜悦。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
You are preparing yourself for a scene, and the most important thing is to remain emotionally available and remain in the moment with your scene partner. You don't want to let your own self-consciousness block the flow of creativity that's coming out so that you can act and react, and play what the scene is all about.
你在为一个场景做准备，最重要的是保持情绪上的可用性，和你的场景伙伴呆在一起。你不想让自己的自我意识阻碍创造力的流动，这样你就可以采取行动，做出反应，发挥场景的全部意义。
I learned from different guys I played with, too. The key was probably three people: The good Lord, the offensive linemen I played with and great fullbacks that could block very well.
我也从不同的球员身上学到了很多。关键可能是三个人:善良的上帝，和我一起踢球的进攻型边锋，以及能很好地阻挡对方进攻的伟大后卫。