A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
认为
Thought
I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.
我做过这些实验性的电影,但我认为电影制作人的主要工作是与演员打交道。
It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.
是我的叔叔乔治发现酒精是一种食物,远远早于现代医学思想。
I played Baby New Year. When everybody started hollering and throwing confetti, I thought it was for me.
我玩宝贝新年。当每个人都开始大喊大叫,扔五彩纸屑时,我以为那是给我的。
I hope you’re thinking of me, because thoughts of you drift into my mind at least a million times a day.
我希望你一直想着我,因为对你的思念一天至少会在我的脑海中出现一百万次。
I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.
我想,被锁在外面是多么不愉快;我想,也许被锁在里面会更糟。
When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
结婚的时候,每个人都必须对自己的想法作出判断,并听取自己的意见。
I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married.
我从没想过凯茜会在漫画中结婚。我还以为我永远不会结婚。
I eventually thought, this is the only thing I could do as a profession, I can't really do anything else.
最后我想,这是我唯一能做的职业,我真的不能做其他任何事情。
Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.
几年前,我想到了皇后这个名字。这只是个名字。但很明显,它很有帝王风范,而且——听起来很棒。
The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is not always the truest view.
平静的思想并不总是正确的思想,正如遥远的观点并不总是最真实的观点一样。
Talking to oneself, I have often thought, is the best way to be sure of intelligent and witty conversation.
我常常认为,自言自语是确保谈话机智机智的最佳方式。
People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
人们更在意别人认为自己有品位,而不是别人认为自己善良、聪明或和蔼可亲。
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When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.
在我们成长的过程中,我们的父母以某种方式明确表示,出名是件好事。我错误地认为,如果我出名了,那么每个人都会爱我。
A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol.
一个有明确性格和目标的人,他理解我们的思维方式,一定会对我们施加力量。不能完全抗拒他;因为,如果他了解我们,他可以让我们了解他,通过文字、表情或其他符号。
The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject.
我当了几十年的老师,从某种意义上说,我现在还在当老师,我想知道“教育”这个词是什么意思。一想到要处理如此重要和广泛的问题,我就真的目瞪口呆。
Some people fall in love with their co-stars and feel things that they never thought they would feel for them because they are touching.
有些人爱上了他们的合作明星,并感觉到一些他们从未想过他们会为他们感到的事情,因为他们是感人的。
If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
如果不是一颗宝石,甚至一朵花,我们应该把爱的思想作为礼物扔进朋友的心里,那将是天使的给予。