A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.
只有当一个人有足够的精力和能力去实现他的想法时,它才会变得有价值。
He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.
除非他训练下属承担他的大部分责任,否则他不是一个真正的老板。
A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.
如果我们在被踏脚石绊倒后才看到它,那么它就是绊脚石。
You know, let a few years go by until I hit my midlife crisis. Then that can be documented on film.
你知道,让几年过去,直到我的中年危机。然后可以用胶片记录下来。
I didn't figure out the makeup or cute hair or clothes until oh, maybe my junior year of high school.
直到我上高中三年级的时候,我才发现化妆、可爱的发型和衣服。
I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.
我有一个非常美好的童年,直到我九岁,然后一个经典的离婚案件真的影响了我。
The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.
第一条箴言是,在我毫不怀疑地知道一件事是真实的之前,永远不要相信它。
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
死亡无人能免,但非凡的成就会树起一座纪念碑,它将一直立到太阳冷却之时。
I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.
我打棒球一直打到高中一年级。那是我的主要运动。我打三垒。
If you don't like the rules, then play the game until you are big enough in the game to change the rules.
如果你不喜欢游戏规则,那就玩这个游戏,直到你在游戏中足够强大,可以改变规则为止。
You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't predict whether it'll hit or not.
你可以一直翻找直到找到一首你喜欢的歌,但是你不能预测它是否会流行。
Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.
贸易不是商品。贸易就是信息。货物放在仓库里,直到信息把它们移走。
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When I feel like exercising I just lie down until the feeling goes away.
当我想锻炼时,我就躺下来,直到这种感觉消失。
I went to public school up until junior high.
我上的是公立学校,直到初中。
I crave ideas, and when an idea hits me, it grips me and it tortures me until I master it.
我渴望灵感,当灵感来袭时,它抓住我,折磨我,直到我掌握它。
I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet.
我不打算优雅地变老。我打算做面部拉皮手术,直到我的耳朵合拢为止。
The truth won't set us free - until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it.
真相不会让我们自由——除非我们培养出运用它的技能、习惯、天赋和道德勇气。
An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
一个错误不会变成一个错误,直到你拒绝改正它。