A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Trying
Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.
青少年不是怪物。他们只是想在这个世界上的成年人中间学习如何成功，而这些人自己可能也不太确定。
I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to meet.
我认为这是一种普遍的青春期感觉，试图找到自己的位置。那个完全适应了环境的青少年，我还没见过。
I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
我希望我多读点书，主修文学而不是戏剧。我想我会因此成为一个更好的艺术家。我现在正在努力追赶。
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?
You read stuff and see stuff where people are calling me (names) and that I was trying to cheat and this and that. I don't know what I did to deserve that.
你读到一些东西，看到一些人在叫我的名字，说我试图作弊，等等。我不知道我做了什么该受的。
When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.'
当我在乡下玩的时候，似乎没有人太注意我。人们过去常说，‘那就是那个老布鲁斯歌手。’
The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next.
这个毫无价值的地球上的最后一个声音将是两个人试图发射一艘自制的宇宙飞船，而且已经在为他们下一步要去哪里而争吵了。
It's a Fox thing, the bad-boy image. They're trying to type me out. There are worse things in life, you know. I'm just really excited about the opportunity.
这是狐狸的事，坏男孩的形象。他们想把我打出来。你知道，生活中还有更糟的事情。我只是对这个机会很兴奋。
What we see is what they're trying to sell us. It's not true nostalgic as much as it is repeating old material because it's less expensive than new material.
我们看到的是他们想卖给我们的东西。与其说它是怀旧，不如说它是在重复旧的材料，因为它比新材料便宜。
We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift.
我们考验了你们，公民们;我们现在正在考验你，你有几美元作为慈善礼物送给那些悲伤的母亲、兄弟姐妹们。
I could never be a country person, sitting around trees trying to write a song. I would rather be in the middle of society, whether it's growing or crumbling.
我永远不可能是一个乡下人，坐在树旁试着写一首歌。我宁愿生活在社会的中心，不管它是在成长还是崩溃。
Yes, sir, a patrol car came and took me down to a station where they were trying to develop films, but they hadn't got the facilities to develop colored film.
是的，长官，一辆巡逻车来了，把我带到一个车站，他们正在冲洗胶卷，但是他们没有冲洗彩色胶卷的设备。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.
我们不是想重新发明轮子;任何环境组织声称对任何一种胜利负有唯一责任都是疯狂的，因为每个人都是作为一个群体来攻击这些问题的。
All of us gave it all we've got, overcame a whole lot just being on the show and learned a lot about ourselves. We're just normal people trying to do what we love and follow our dreams.
我们所有人都付出了我们所拥有的一切，克服了在节目中出现的所有困难，也学到了很多关于我们自己的东西。我们只是普通人，努力做我们喜欢做的事，追随我们的梦想。
I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.
我相信婚姻制度，我打算继续努力，直到把它做好。
You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to people's lives.
你会吸引年轻一代，他们很可能会比老一辈更强硬。我们正在努力做的是展望未来，看看我们能做些什么来给人们的生活带来一些稳定。
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
试图定义自己就像咬紧牙关一样。
For me I'm a luxury brand trying to prove to people and the industry that it's not about being a TV celebrity in any which way, it's about being a designer and having a business and being successful at that.
对我来说，我是一个奢侈品牌，试图向人们和整个行业证明，这并不意味着要以任何方式成为电视明星，而是要成为一名设计师，拥有一家企业，并在这方面取得成功。