A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
事情
Thing
The main thing I do now is I coach kids, and all of these stories along the way are based in reality.
我现在做的主要事情是指导孩子们，所有这些故事都是基于现实的。
The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.
第一条箴言是，在我毫不怀疑地知道一件事是真实的之前，永远不要相信它。
One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing.
一个人在处理社会问题时不能太极端;极端的事情通常是真实的事情。
There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
事情的复杂程度是没有限制的，因为一件事总会导致另一件事。
The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere.
最难的是想法。想法来自某个地方，但就我们所知，它们来自任何地方。
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.
关于黑人历史，真相比你能编造的任何东西都要复杂得多。
I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.
我愿意孤注一掷。游得更快。这并不容易——这整件事从来就不容易。
It's amazing. I can't believe how brilliant the whole thing is - my daughter, Georgia, is just wonderful.
这是惊人的。我不敢相信整件事有多棒——我的女儿乔治亚棒极了。
I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song.
我看得出来，作为一个作家，当你在写一首歌的时候，沿着低音线走是一个很受欢迎的举动。
I mean, we just started, it's a new thing. We're doing this for fun and we're going to see where it goes.
我的意思是，我们刚刚开始，这是一个新事物。我们这么做是为了好玩，我们会看到它的走向。
There’s no such thing as handsome princes, she told herself. There’s no such thing as happily ever after.
没有什么英俊的王子，她对自己说。从此以后再也没有幸福可言。
Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, that's really the take-home message for teenage girls.
不吃早餐是你能做的最糟糕的事情，这对十几岁的女孩来说是最重要的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
就像一张邮票。坚持做一件事，直到成功。
Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it.
生活是一件美好的事情，可以谈论，也可以在历史书中读到——但是当一个人不得不生活的时候，它是可怕的。
Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old.
时间就是这样变换的，每件事都是如此;新事物成功，正如旧事物变老。
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
适度好的东西并不如它应该的那么好。适度的性情总是一种美德;但是原则上适度总是一种恶习。
It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
这是一件可怕的事情，看到和没有远见。
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
在做决定的任何时刻，你能做的最好的事情就是正确的事情，其次是错误的事情，最糟糕的事情就是什么都不做。