A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
不能
Cannot
Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason.
现代性是启蒙运动的产物,但当人们意识到一个好的社会是无法靠理性实现的时候,现代性就失败了。
A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball.
男孩开始打球越早越好。我几乎可以说,当他还在用四肢爬行时,他应该有一个弹跳的橡皮球。
One pits his wits against apparently inscrutable nature, wooing her with ardor but nature is blind justice who cannot recognize personal identity.
一个人用他的智慧去对抗表面上神秘莫测的自然,热情地追求她,但是自然是盲目的正义,它不能识别个人身份。
Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know.
听着,这是世界上最大的谜团之一,我不能回答这个问题。我想我有点金发。坦白地说,我不知道。
I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature. So I think that was probably my most valued characteristic as a teenager.
我认为你通过文学所能发现的东西是无法用言语表达的。所以我想这可能是我十几岁时最有价值的特点。
The discs which haunt the skies of Earth indicate that the unconscious cannot be kept waiting forever. These things are going to have to be dealt with.
盘踞在地球天空的圆盘表明无意识不可能永远等待。这些问题必须得到解决。
Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.
一般来说,黑人银行之所以倒闭,是因为人们被教育说,他们自己的商业先驱不能在这个领域发挥作用,于是取出了存款。
Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.
谦卑是一种优雅,它在高尚的环境中闪耀光芒,但在卑微的环境中却无法同样闪耀光芒,因为一个人在卑微的环境中可能已经过于谦卑了。
Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
信心……繁荣的基础是诚实、荣誉、神圣的义务、忠诚的保护和无私的表现。没有他们,它就不能生存。
We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat.
我们都知道关于人权法案的故事…关于不能被驱逐出境的非法移民,我不是在瞎编,因为他有一只宠物猫。
Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.
无论他们的罪行的性质如何或可能发生的任何改造,这些前重罪犯都不能参加这个伟大国家的决策进程。
What interests me about clocks is that everything is hand-made, and yet to the person looking at the clock, something magical is happening that cannot be explained unless you are the clockmaker.
时钟让我感兴趣的是,所有的东西都是手工制作的,但对于看钟的人来说,发生了一些不可思议的事情,除非你是钟表匠,否则无法解释。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
I cannot but think that it would be a great step if mankind could familiarise themselves with the idea that they are spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh re spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh.
我不得不认为,如果人类能够使自己熟悉这样一种观念,即他们是一段时间内与肉体结合的灵魂,而灵魂又是一段时间内与肉体结合的灵魂,那将是一大步。
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.
在任何事情上追求完美的艺术家,在任何事情上都无法达到完美。
I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.
我相信想象力。我看不到的远比我能看到的重要得多。
I cannot tell you how many people, powerful people, come to my studio and they are in tears they are so moved by what they see.
我无法告诉你有多少人,有权势的人,来到我的工作室,他们为所看到的一切感动得流泪。
I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard.
我工作再快也不够。我实在应付不过来。仅仅发行一部电影就很困难。