A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
思考
Thinking
There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.
阅读、思考和交谈有不同的规则。写作融合了这三者。
I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation.
我知道我能做什么，所以别人怎么想或他们对这种情况的看法不会困扰我。
With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy.
有了捆绑的机器，你可以扔掉硬件，保留软件，这仍然是一个不错的选择。
We were worried about that actually. The cast was thinking that they'd lose their minds. But we didn't.
实际上我们很担心。演员们认为他们会失去理智。但是我们没有。
I once used henna to dye my hair brown for an audition, thinking I was being clever as it's all natural.
我曾经在试镜时用指甲花把我的头发染成棕色，我觉得自己很聪明，因为这是很自然的。
If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.
如果观众走出音乐会，心想，这是多么美妙的经历啊，那么我们已经完成了我们的工作。
There have been a couple of jobs I've done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink.
我做过几次工作，都是不假思索、不假思索地完成的。
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.
中年时期，男人总是在想，一两周后他会感觉和以前一样好。
I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.
我很乐意回答或回避你的问题，这取决于我认为什么对我们的选举最有帮助。
The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.
这个世界认为自己被优越的品德所冒犯，乐于把它降低到自己的水平。
That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
在一代人看来荒谬到极点的东西，在另一代人看来往往变成智慧到极点。
I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically.
我可能永远不会有自己的人偶，但至少我认为我所做的是真正合法的音乐。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.
所有的工具艺术都是由我和乐队完成的。
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.
没有人用纯洁的眼睛看世界。他看到它被一套明确的习俗、制度和思维方式所编辑。
If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky.
如果有一个好的音乐原因，我认为它可能会吸引更多的关注和销售，虽然这并不能保证。要制作一张没有音乐原因的唱片，你要么是一个自动销售的流行歌星，要么就是运气好。
The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
最成功的政治家是用最响亮的声音说出人们的想法的人。
Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.
思想就是生活，因为那些不这样想的人没有生活在任何高或真正的意义上。思想造就人。
Whether you think you can, or think you can't. You're right.
无论你认为你能，还是认为你不能。你是对的。