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文化
Culture
I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
我认为，对我们国家和文明的未来来说，没有什么比充分认识艺术家的地位更重要的了。如果艺术要滋养我们文化的根基，社会必须让艺术家自由地追随他的愿景，无论它把他带到哪里。
We should never denigrate any other culture but rather help people to understand the relationship between their own culture and the dominant culture. When you understand another culture or language, it does not mean that you have to lose your own culture.
我们不应该诋毁任何其他文化，而应该帮助人们理解自己的文化和主导文化之间的关系。当你理解了另一种文化或语言，并不意味着你必须失去自己的文化。
I grew up in the suburbs among highly educated people, in a house crammed with books. It was a culture rich in ideas, stimulation, entertainment, and mental activity, all helpful to the nurture of an imaginative child who wanted from an early age to be a writer.
我在郊区高学历人群中长大，家里堆满了书。这是一种充满思想、刺激、娱乐和精神活动的文化，所有这些都有助于培养一个从小就想成为作家的充满想象力的孩子。
The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world, about being competitive: Will my children have as much as I have? Will I ever own my own home? How can I pay for a new car? Are immigrants taking away my white world?
这种文化正在进入一种心理抑郁症。我们关心我们在这个世界上的位置，关心我们的竞争力:我的孩子会和我一样富有吗?我能拥有自己的家吗?我怎样才能买一辆新车?移民正在夺走我的白人世界吗?
Musicians from the beginning of time have been there to express the mood and the musical feelings in the air for whatever's going on in that particular culture. It's the greatest joy as a musician to be able to translate that, be part of something and watch the scenery around you.
音乐家从一开始就在那里表达情绪和音乐的感觉在空气中无论发生什么在特定的文化。作为一名音乐家，能够翻译这句话，成为某种事物的一部分，欣赏周围的风景，这是最大的乐趣。
We give the podium to a lot of people who shouldn't have the podium. The message that's delivered the loudest and in the most entertaining way is the one that we're going to put on because that's what we want. We want ratings more than we want to deliver information. That's just where the culture's gotten.
我们把讲台给了很多不应该站在讲台上的人。以最响亮、最有趣的方式传递的信息，就是我们将要传递的信息，因为这正是我们想要的。我们想要的是评级而不是信息。这就是文化的起源。
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Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of the latter to the former.
文化是让生存手段消失在生存目的背后的一种默契。文明是后者对前者的从属。
I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual.
我喜欢烧烤的文化。它创造了一种节日但随意的气氛。
There is no point in living if we cannot take back our culture.
如果我们不能收回我们的文化，生活就没有意义。
I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.
我无法告诉你我有多爱塔吉特和好市多，那种文化，因为我从来没有感觉自己是其中的一部分。我一直觉得自己像个游客，因为我从来没有适应过任何地方。
If you keep up with pop culture, everybody knows the joke.
如果你紧跟流行文化，每个人都知道这个笑话。
I'm somebody who's really contributed to culture. Popular culture.
我是一个真正为文化做出贡献的人。流行文化。