A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
女人
Women
When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women and children what they think.
当男人谈论防御时,他们总是声称自己是在保护妇女和儿童,但他们从不问妇女和儿童他们的想法。
The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.
在生活的每一种职业中要求平等权利是公正和公平的;但是,毕竟,最重要的权利是爱和被爱的权利。
If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.
如果没有女人,我们还会蹲在洞穴里吃生肉,因为我们创造文明是为了给我们的女朋友留下深刻的印象。
It's easy to dislike the few senior women out there. What if women were half the positions in power? It would be harder to dislike all of them.
人们很容易不喜欢少数几位资深女性。如果女性占据了一半的权力呢?不喜欢他们所有人会更难。
I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.
我被独立和有创造力的女性所吸引,这是有问题的,因为这是一场奋斗,一场职业竞争。有嫉妒。
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
据我所知,白人女性从来不孤独,除了在书中。白人崇拜他们,黑人渴望他们,黑人女性为他们工作。
Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had a miss than a loss, as men go.
没有情人的女人,或者曾经有过一个、两个或三个情人的女人,还没有找到丈夫,就像男人一样,也许宁可失去而不愿失去。
I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots.
我认为这是一个特别出现在女性作家身上的问题:是拥有幸福的生活更好,还是拥有丰富的悲剧情节更好。
Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do.
女人是如此地喜欢赞美,以至于她们会互相赞美,而不是想要赞美,但这并不比男人更有意义。
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
当女人爱我们时,她们会原谅我们的一切,甚至包括我们的罪行;当他们不爱我们的时候,他们会毫无理由地赞扬我们,甚至是我们的美德。
For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.
对大多数女性来说,谈话的语言主要是一种和谐的语言:一种建立联系和协商关系的方式。
What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality.
联合国所谓的“性别建筑”更像是一个棚屋。如果要实现平等,妇女需要一个更大的全球大家庭。
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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
女人和猫可以为所欲为,而男人和狗应该放松下来,适应这种想法。
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
多年来,我明白了穿裙子的女人才是最重要的。
In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
在政治上,如果你想说点什么,去问一个男人。如果你想做点什么,问问女人。
Women and children make you weak; get rid of them when you are in war.
妇女和儿童使你软弱;当你在战争中摆脱他们。
Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don't have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.
女性尤其需要关注自己的身体和心理健康,因为如果我们匆匆忙忙地去约会或去办事,我们就没有很多时间照顾自己。我们需要做得更好,把自己放在“要做的事情”清单的更高位置。
I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely candidate.
我认为女性只是有一种做汤的原始本能,她们会把这种本能强加给任何看起来有可能成为候选人的人。