A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
文化
Culture
For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life.
对于任何主要关注意义的文化来说，对死亡的研究——生命对我们来说唯一的确定性——必须是核心，因为理解死亡是生命解放的关键。
My biggest fear was public speaking, and then having everyone know who I was, it was definitely weird at first. When I first won, it was definitely a culture shock, it was something I wasn't quite ready for.
我最大的恐惧是公开演讲，然后让每个人都知道我是谁，一开始肯定很奇怪。当我第一次获奖时，那绝对是一种文化冲击，是我还没有完全准备好的事情。
I feel we live in the kind of culture now where you have to be very smart to navigate the right way, and I just don't have those smarts. I think with age and time it will change, but I can't obsess about it.
我觉得我们生活在这样一种文化中，你必须非常聪明才能找到正确的方向，而我就是没有那种聪明。我认为随着年龄和时间的推移，它会发生变化，但我不能沉迷于它。
Whatever country you go to, you need to definitely follow the rules. So I believe it's very important for people, wherever they go, any immigrant should know or should try to learn something about the culture.
无论你去哪个国家，你一定要遵守规则。所以我认为这对人们来说非常重要，无论他们去哪里，任何移民都应该知道或尝试学习一些关于文化的东西。
The Bible was written in several languages, embraces many literary forms, and reflects cultures very different from our own. These are important considerations for properly understanding the Bible in its context.
圣经是用几种语言写成的，包含了多种文学形式，反映了与我们截然不同的文化。这些都是正确理解圣经上下文的重要考虑。
I'm a wonderful disaster. So are you. We're all a mess. We're in this culture that says take this pill and you'll be happy, go on this diet and you'll be thinner, have your teeth whitened, people will love you more.
我真是个灾难。你也是。我们都一团糟。我们所处的文化是，吃了这种药，你就会快乐，坚持这种饮食，你就会更瘦，牙齿变白，人们会更爱你。
The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes.
每种文化都用遮羞布覆盖其社会禁忌，这种遮羞布对其道德有双重描述。它揭示了某些未被承认的行为的存在，并指出了这种行为的形式。
Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that united all the countries of Europe. The arts, literature, music are the connecting link of Europe.
甚至在欧洲在经济层面上统一或在经济利益和贸易层面上构思之前，是文化使欧洲所有国家统一。艺术、文学、音乐是连接欧洲的纽带。
Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture. By culture we mean beliefs, values and lifestyles. We cover a broad range of issues, and we work very internationally.
我们研究所的议程相对简单。我们研究社会经济变化与文化之间的关系。文化指的是信仰、价值观和生活方式。我们涉及广泛的问题，我们的工作非常国际化。
Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.
有时候，文学作品中有一种势利感，这些人并不真正理解，但在很多方面，他们比文人更能理解。在他们理解和了解的背景下有一种文化。他们进入了更深的层次。
In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions
在任何文化、亚文化或家庭中，信仰高于思想，自我克制高于自我表现，一致性高于正直，那些保持自尊的人很可能是英勇的例外
Nashville feels like a big little town to me. It's got lots of culture and lots of interesting things to do and lots of interesting people. At the same time, it feels very small and tight-knit and very close. Everyone feels like they know each other.
纳什维尔对我来说就像一个大小镇。那里有很多文化，有很多有趣的事情可以做，有很多有趣的人。同时，它给人的感觉非常小，非常紧密，非常紧密。每个人都觉得彼此认识。
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I don't really know much about pirates, or pirate culture. I'd be a contrarian pirate.
我对海盗或海盗文化知之甚少。我会成为一个逆向海盗。
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
道德修养的最高阶段是我们认识到我们应该控制自己的思想。
Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes will manufacture professors.
文化是教授用来制造教授的工具，轮到教授时，教授也会制造教授。
Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
保护自己的文化不需要蔑视或不尊重其他文化。
Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.
文化:人类面对自己命运的呐喊。
I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture.
就像人们经常做的那样，我通过艺术和文化逃离了我的背景。