A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
尝试
Trying
It was like pulling teeth trying to get me to L.A. I hated it for so long, but now I've got this great life here.
这句话的意思是:“要把我送到洛杉机去，我真是费了九牛二虎之力。我恨了好久，但是现在我在这儿过得很好。”
I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse.
我拍了四十多部西部片。我过去常常整夜躺在床上，绞尽脑汁想办法上马下马。
Trying to find yourself is not that easy. You take slow steps, need to be patient and smile like nothing's wrong.
想要找到自己并不容易。你要慢慢来，要有耐心，要笑得像没事一样。
I think with actors, if you just don't set about trying to crush their confidence immediately, you're usually OK.
我认为对于演员来说，如果你不马上开始摧毁他们的自信，你通常是可以的。
When you truly give up trying to be whole through others, you end up receiving what you always wanted from others.
当你真的放弃了通过他人变得完整的想法，你最终会从他人那里得到你一直想要的。
We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.
我们一直在努力创造高质量的记录，我认为我们所有的记录都是如此。
When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.
当我做体操、芭蕾或足球时，我总是想成为最好的。我真的驱动的。真正驱动的。
Don't give up when you still have something to give because nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
当你还有东西可以给予的时候不要放弃，因为在你停止尝试的那一刻之前，没有什么是真正结束的。
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
与其担心别人对你的评价，为什么不花时间去做一些他们欣赏的事情呢?
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.
试图控制糖尿病是困难的，因为如果你不这样做，你将不得不在以后的生活中处理一些后果。
If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up.
如果你想发明一些新东西，你会遇到很多令人沮丧的地方，大多数人都会放弃。
I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.
我相信要在个人自由和社会责任之间取得平衡。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
In writing literary fiction, you are trying to help yourself. And readers are going to literary fiction not just to be entertained, but because they feel something else will happen; that the experience will take them beyond themselves and show them something they haven't seen before.
在写文学小说时，你是在帮助自己。读者阅读文学小说不仅仅是为了娱乐，而是因为他们觉得会有别的事情发生;这种经历会让他们超越自我，向他们展示一些他们从未见过的东西。
When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers. But I became more and more interested in trying to include some of that world within my work.
当我开始写作的时候，我认为文学被包含在一个泡沫中，这个泡沫以某种方式漂浮在报纸评论的世界之上。但我越来越有兴趣尝试在我的作品中融入一些这样的世界。
That's really what science is just trying to figure stuff out, and I like figuring stuff out.
这就是科学想要解决的问题，我喜欢解决问题。
What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people?
如果一个人把他的一生都奉献给了担任公职，并试图为他的人民做些什么，那么“政治家”这个词本身就有什么问题?
I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me.
我想在电影制片厂工作，但他们不雇我。
The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.
我第一次录音的时候，是在我的录音机里。听起来很棒。它的麻醉作用是如此强烈，令人愉悦。我说，‘你听起来像个乐队。然后，我的余生都在试图再次追逐那最初的快感。