A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
事情
Thing
For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth.
因为我们必须是这样或那样的东西，一种资产或一种负债，是帮助你飞翔的翅膀上的腱，还是把你束缚在地球上的锁链。
It was very, very challenging being on this thing called the gimbal. It would throw you around, give you whiplash, and they'd tie you down.
在这个叫做框架的东西上是非常非常具有挑战性的。它会把你扔来扔去，鞭打你，然后把你绑起来。
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
我们应该被教导不要等待灵感来开始一件事。行动总会带来灵感。灵感很少产生行动。
The busier you are, the more interesting you are. The more you're off doing your thing and loving your job and your life, that's fascinating.
你越忙，你就越有趣。你越热爱你的工作，热爱你的生活，那就越迷人。
The thing about doing anything artificial to your hair is that you have to look after it. So you're always vulnerable to the weather and time.
在你的头发上做任何人造的东西，你必须照顾它。所以你总是容易受到天气和时间的影响。
The thing I don't understand is why so often one hears discussion of the fruits of human labor as if it's all the creation of some alien race.
我不明白的是，为什么人们经常听到关于人类劳动成果的讨论，就好像它是某个外星种族创造出来的一样。
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。
I started in live television and I've done a lot of live TV and that's really the thing that I love best. I love flying by the seat of my pants.
我从电视直播开始，我做过很多电视直播，那真的是我最喜欢的事情。我喜欢凭感觉飞行。
Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber.
责任是人们最害怕的事情。然而，正是这个世界上的一件事发展了我们，给了我们男人或女人的纤维。
Princeton is no longer a thing for Princeton men to please themselves with. Princeton is a thing with which Princeton men must satisfy the country.
普林斯顿不再是普林斯顿人取悦自己的地方。普林斯顿是普林斯顿人必须让国家满意的地方。
If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.
如果你不希望一个人做一件事，你最好让他谈谈;因为男人说得越多，他们就越可能无所事事。
I signed so many of those pictures. Somebody made a lot of money off that photo. I know that. It's good. It helped us win. That's the biggest thing.
我签了很多这样的照片。有人从那张照片上赚了很多钱。我知道。很好。它帮助我们赢了。这是最重要的。
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The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.
中年真正可怕的事情是你会从中成长起来。
I didn't want to make it a lifetime thing. I don't believe in statutory term limits, but people can limit themselves if they want to, and that's what I decided to do.
我不想让它成为一辈子的事情。我不相信法定期限的限制，但如果人们愿意，他们可以限制自己，这就是我决定做的。
Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did.
教书是我做过的最愉快的事。
The thing I like about my body is that it's strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse... I can play basketball. It's a well functioning machine.
我喜欢我的身体是因为它很强壮。我可以在我的公寓里搬家具。我会骑马……我会打篮球。这是一台运转良好的机器。
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。
The ghastly thing about postal strikes is that after they are over, the service returns to normal.
邮政罢工的可怕之处在于，罢工结束后，服务恢复正常。