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Novels for me are how I find out what's going on in my own head. And so that's a really useful and indeed critical thing to do when you do as many of these other things as I do.
对我来说，小说是我发现自己脑袋里在想什么的方式。所以当你和我做同样多的其他事情时，这是一件非常有用和关键的事情。
For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.
对于没有批判性思维的人来说，国家是一个虚构的实体;对于那些批判性思维的人来说，国家是一个理性的虚构，是人类为了促进人类共存而创造的。
Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.
大多数批判性的写作都是胡言乱语，而且有一半是不诚实的。无论如何，这是一条通往遗忘的捷径。用思想来思考破坏了用情感和感觉来思考的能力。
An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness, for speech is itself a critique of life: it names, it characterizes, it passes judgment, in that it creates.
一种以语言为媒介的艺术总是会表现出高度的批判性创造性，因为语言本身就是对生活的一种批判:它通过创造来命名、描述、评判。
Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?
无论如何，我决不会说我丢了这样一件东西，但我已经把它找回来了。你的孩子死了吗?这是一种回报。你妻子死了吗?这是一种回报。你的财产被剥夺了吗?这不也是一种回报吗?
The first stage in a technology's advance is that it'll fall below a critical price. After it falls below a critical price, it will tend, if it's successful, to rise above a critical mass, a penetration.
一项技术进步的第一阶段是它将跌破一个关键价格。在跌破临界价格后，如果成功，它将倾向于突破临界质量，进入市场。
We must have systems of checks and balances to make sure that those people who are making critical decisions for our country are held accountable, and nowhere is that more important than in the area of national security.
我们必须建立制衡体系，确保那些为我们国家做出关键决策的人承担责任，这一点在国家安全领域最为重要。
There are many things that people do happily that I can't imagine why they would do it... But I have to say that even though I am critical or judgmental of society at large, I'm not critical of people individually. We are who we are.
有很多事情人们做得很开心，我无法想象他们为什么会这样做……但我必须说，尽管我对整个社会持批评或评判态度，但我并不对个人持批评态度。我们就是我们。
I think it has been a weird mistake to have people with their own music careers going on and judging people because when they're too critical, it affects them. They don't want to be that honest, because they need to keep their appearance up.
我认为让有自己音乐生涯的人去评判别人是一个奇怪的错误，因为当他们太挑剔的时候，会影响他们。他们不想那么诚实，因为他们需要保持自己的外表。
The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science.
现代思维在精神上越来越具有批判性和分析性，因此它必须为自己设计一种表达引擎，这种引擎在任何一点上都是逻辑上站得住脚的，而且往往与现代科学的严谨精神相对应。
The concern around probable questions, which in a sense have been hidden, will grow around the world and the matter is critical, the reason we are doing all this is so we can respond correctly to what is reported to be a major catastrophe on the African continent.
对可能出现的问题的担忧，在某种意义上是被隐藏的，将在全世界范围内增加，而这一问题是至关重要的，我们这样做的原因是，我们能够正确地对据报在非洲大陆发生的一场重大灾难作出反应。
Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more critical about it, because there's no one else in the room to tell me, 'That's really not translating. I'm not getting what you're saying.' So, I'm constantly rewriting it, thinking, 'No, that's fine,' and going back.
独自写作，我把它扩展得更广。我会花更多的时间在一首歌上。我对此更加挑剔，因为房间里没有其他人告诉我，‘这真的不是翻译。我不明白你在说什么。所以，我不断地重写它，心里想着，‘不，没关系，’然后就回去了。
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Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled 'wrong'.
有些人总是批评含糊不清的陈述。我倾向于对精确的陈述持批评态度;他们是唯一可以正确地贴上“错误”标签的人。
I am honored to be able to serve GM at this critical juncture and take part in its reinvention.
我很荣幸能够在这个关键时刻为通用汽车服务，并参与其改造。
I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.
我太自我批评了。我现在还在，但没那么糟了。
Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.
作家总是对自己很挑剔，我也不例外。我总是觉得也许我可以做得更好。
So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result.
到目前为止，我还没有足够的突出来引起人们对我的批评。所以，当然，我完全预料到会有不好的评论，但结果我将被痛苦折磨。
I am fully aware of the critical moments we face as a country.
我深知我们国家面临的关键时刻。