A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
得到
Getting
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
除了把事情做完的高尚艺术，还有把事情做完的高尚艺术。生活的智慧在于消除不必要的东西。
The problem with me, as far as getting married and having a family, is that my comedy is so important to me. So I don't know if I'll ever be as good a dad as my dad.
我的问题是，就结婚成家而言，我的喜剧对我来说太重要了。所以我不知道我是否能成为像我爸爸一样好的爸爸。
I tell students they will know they are getting somewhere when a scene is so painful they can just barely bring themselves to write about it. A writer has to draw blood.
我告诉学生们，当一个场景是如此痛苦，他们几乎无法让自己把它写下来的时候，他们就会知道他们正在到达某个地方。作家必须抽血。
For a long time I wanted to be a comic strip artist but when I started doing them in my teens they were getting really elaborate with tons of poses and a lot of information.
很长一段时间以来，我一直想成为一名连环漫画艺术家，但当我十几岁开始画漫画时，它们变得非常精致，有大量的姿势和信息。
And you know, the baby boomers are getting older, and those off the rack clothes are just not fitting right any longer, and so, tailor-made suits are coming back into fashion.
你知道，婴儿潮时期出生的人正在变老，那些现成的衣服不再合身了，因此，定制西服又重新流行起来。
It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of.
这证明了我们天生对邪恶的偏见，即在所有好的事情上，得到比失去来得慢，也更难;但在所有的事情中，坏的得到比摆脱更快更容易。
I'd get into a room and disappear into the woodwork. Now the rooms are so crowded with reporters getting behind-the-scenes stories that nobody can get behind-the-scenes stories.
我会走进一个房间，消失在木制品中。现在房间里挤满了报道幕后故事的记者，没有人能知道幕后故事。
So I've been pushed farther and farther out into the mountains, but at the same time realizing that that experience is really nice and I'm glad I'm getting pushed out there farther.
所以我被推到了越来越远的山区，但同时我也意识到那种经历真的很美好，我很高兴我被推到了更远的地方。
We're all getting plastic surgery. Come on, this is the game here, and HDTV exaggerates all the features. Yeah, I'm proud of it, because we're all doing it. Nobody's talking about it.
我们都要做整形手术。拜托，这就是游戏，高清电视夸大了所有的功能。是的，我很自豪，因为我们都在这么做。没人在谈论它。
There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that.
在这本书的前面有一个说明，说没有得到作者的许可，公众不得阅读。这件事应该做得比这困难得多。
I think it's a fight where he knows what he's getting into too, so there's not going to be a big surprise. So we have to get this done and get past this and figure out who is going to be the victor.
我认为这是一场他也知道自己会陷入什么的战斗，所以不会有什么大的惊喜。所以我们必须把这件事做完，克服这件事，弄清楚谁会是胜利者。
Well, no. I was getting into trouble messing around with it for roles. So one night I went home, cut it down with a pair of scissors and then got in the bath and shaved it all off. I've never looked back.
嗯,没有。我在找角色的时候遇到了麻烦。所以有一天晚上我回家，用剪刀把它剪了下来，然后进了浴室，把它全剃了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
记住，最幸福的人不是那些得到更多的人，而是那些付出更多的人。
In sharp contrast to the idea that this stage of life is enviable, we hear high levels of anxiety about getting old, anxieties about health, mobility, access to facilities, simple routine care and attention.
与人生这个阶段令人羡慕的想法形成鲜明对比的是，我们听到人们对变老感到高度焦虑，对健康、机动性、设施的可及性、简单的日常护理和关注感到焦虑。
We're getting closer to our nature.
我们越来越接近我们的本性。
A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.
很多时候，当人们第一次认识一个人时，他们会隐藏自己的怪癖。
Before, I was more concerned with getting on the radio, like many young artists.
以前，像许多年轻艺术家一样，我更关心的是上电台。