A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Great art picks up where nature ends.
伟大的艺术始于自然的终结。
The trick is growing up without growing old.
诀窍是在不变老的情况下成长。
I grew up in an agnostic broad-minded family.
我生长在一个思想开明的不可知论家庭。
If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?
如果没有上帝,谁会弹出下一个纸巾?
I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.
我查了一下我的家谱,发现我是树液。
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
拖延是赶上昨天的艺术。
It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.
把过去的事带到现在需要很长时间。
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
让梦想成真的最好方法就是醒来。
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
如果你能把生意做得足够大,那是值得尊敬的。
All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
好了,大家按身高的字母顺序排好队。
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
每个孩子都是艺术家。问题是一旦我们长大了,如何保持艺术家的身份。
Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible.
员工是最好的约会对象。你不必把它们捡起来,而且它们总是可以免税的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.
一个人的头脑总有办法在幕后发挥作用,他的意图突然变得清晰起来。
Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous.
每天我们每个人醒来,把手伸进抽屉和壁橱里,拿出当天要穿的衣服,然后开始穿那种只能被称为荒谬的风格。
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.
不要轻率对待别人的心,不要容忍那些轻率对待你的心的人。
You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.
你得到了你应得的。在年老时,你必须忍受你所赢得的面子、朋友、健康和孩子。
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
当朋友遇到麻烦时,不要问他你能帮什么忙,以免惹恼他。想一些合适的事情,然后去做。
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
真正的恐惧是某天早上醒来发现你的高中班级正在管理这个国家。