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思考
Think
Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners.
基本上白人和黑人,棕色和黄色之间没有区别。我决定不再把人看作南方人和北方人。
I think that celebrities should never underestimate their power. I mean just to draw attention, because then people get involved on a personal level.
我认为名人永远不应该低估他们的力量。我的意思是要引起注意,因为这样人们就会在个人层面上参与进来。
To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing.
读书、思考、记笔记都是很有用的练习;一本书不值得出版,因为它不会回报你的辛勤思考。
Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.
无论你想什么,一定要让它是你所想的;无论你想要什么,确保那就是你想要的;不管你有什么感觉,一定要确定那就是你的感觉。
I'm trying to make some sense out of the phrase "Everything happens for a reason," and I think I've figured out what the reason is - to pissed me off.
我试着理解“任何事情的发生都有原因”这句话的意思,我想我已经知道原因是什么了——让我生气。
I think the difference between El Salvador and Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua you had a popular insurrection, and in El Salvador you had a revolution.
我认为萨尔瓦多和尼加拉瓜的不同之处在于,在尼加拉瓜发生了人民起义,而在萨尔瓦多发生了革命。
In other countries, it's a common thing to have outcast children running around the streets in packs, and I don't think we're so far away from it here.
在其他国家,被遗弃的孩子成群结队地在大街上跑来跑去是很常见的事,我不认为我们离这有多远。
I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this.
我曾经是伯顿家的橱窗设计师。真正让我不高兴的是,那个地区的经理走过来对我说:查尔斯,我认为你在这方面很在行。
A pacifist will often - at least nowadays - be an internationalist and vice versa. But history shows us that a pacifist need not think internationally.
至少在今天,和平主义者常常是国际主义者,反之亦然。但历史告诉我们,和平主义者不需要国际思维。
Well, the security business has been growing. I think security is one of those areas where it's to some degree not linear but maybe exponential growth.
嗯,安全业务一直在增长。我认为安全是一个在某种程度上不是线性增长而是指数增长的领域。
But once you have satisfied your material needs, which I think every wealth creator should - the house, the car, the plane, the boat - what comes next?
但一旦你满足了你的物质需求——我认为每个财富创造者都应该满足的——房子、汽车、飞机、船——接下来会是什么?
I think that maybe that's my weakness, in that I don't know how to do it, so I just do what I do and try to do it as passionately and as well as I can.
我想这可能是我的弱点,因为我不知道如何去做,所以我只是做我所做的,尽我所能充满激情地去做。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
We think too much, and feel too little.
我们想得太多,感觉太少。
I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations.
我不认为餐费有任何理由扣除。我赞成把卡路里和公司分开。
I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
我认为,我们现代文化的一个可能定义是,我们十分之九的知识分子不会读诗。
I remember my wife and I used to get on plane and see everybody else with their babies. They'd be putting strollers and car seats up above, and we'd think: Oh, please Lord, don't make us go through that.
我记得我和我的妻子曾经上过飞机,看到每个人都带着他们的孩子。他们会把婴儿车和汽车座椅放在上面,我们会想:哦,上帝,请不要让我们经历这些。
You think i'm stupid for not realising it, But the truth is, i'm just being nice by not telling you.
你认为我没有意识到这一点是愚蠢的,但事实是,我没有告诉你只是出于好心。
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
你是受过教育的。你的证书就是你的学位。你可以把它看作通往美好生活的门票。让我请你想出一个替代方案。把它看作是你改变世界的门票。