A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
第一个
First
There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.
写作总是有压力,很大的压力,因为我的第一本书非常成功。
I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and ten years on the third volume.
我花了五年时间写第一卷,五年写第二卷,十年写第三卷。
Well, first of all, they're all about the music and all I care about in my professional career is the music.
首先,它们都是关于音乐的,我在职业生涯中只关心音乐。
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.
除了在他第一次呼吸之前的九个月,没有人能像树一样管理好自己的事务。
When we have 'second thoughts' about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.
当我们对某事有“第二个想法”时,我们的第一个想法根本不像想法——只是感觉。
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.
我们都充满了软弱和错误;让我们彼此宽恕彼此的愚蠢——这是自然的第一法则。
Sometimes when you meet someone, there's a click. I don't believe in love at first sight but i do believe in that click.
有时候当你遇到某人时,点击一下。我不相信一见钟情,但我相信一见钟情。
The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea.
第一次尝试艺术,如果成功了,那就是你的想法,如果失败了,那就是别人的想法。
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
领导者的首要责任是定义现实。最后是说谢谢。在这两者之间,领导者是一个仆人。
At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing.
一开始很兴奋,但当我意识到它不会消失时,它变得可怕和幽闭恐怖。名声是一件奇怪的事情。
I haven't travelled that much before so this is the first time I get to see the big cities of Europe. I've never even been to US.
我以前没去过那么多地方,所以这是我第一次看到欧洲的大城市。我从没去过我们家。
The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums.
前九张专辑从来没有合成器,从来没有管弦乐队。除了我们,专辑里从来没有别的播放器。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
First I went to the Sorbonne to do my licence en lettres, but I also started to study law.
首先,我去索邦大学学习特许经营权,但我也开始学习法律。
I didn't have a lot to do with the first record.
我和第一张唱片没什么关系。
Somebody's got to be last. Somebody's going to be first.
总得有人在最后。有人会是第一个。
It is the first step that is difficult.
这是困难的第一步。
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.
真理会让你自由,但首先它会让你生气。
When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
当遭受任何灾难时,首先要记住的是,有多少人逃脱了灾难。