A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.
如果你有幸在一个富裕的家庭中长大,那很好。但要学会尊重这种运气。它不是一个给定的,你知道吗?这不是说,‘嗯,这很正常’。不,这不正常。这是幸运的。
I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.
我的意思是,这是一把双刃剑作为一个名人和演员,我相信你知道。你的公共洗衣房总是被晾得干干净净,我想也许我能做些好事。
As a team, you need to come from behind every once in awhile just to do it. Good for the attitude. It makes it exciting. And when everybody knows you have to throw it... that makes it fun too.
作为一个团队,你需要每隔一段时间就从后面过来做这件事。态度很好。它让人兴奋。当所有人都知道你要扔的时候…这也很有趣。
I'm a bad dater - I'm just not good at it. It's so weird dating in this town. It's like high school. I get a lot of people who have their publicist call my agent to ask, 'Is she dating anyone?'
我不擅长约会——我只是不擅长而已。在这个镇上约会真是太奇怪了。就像高中一样。有很多人的公关人员打电话给我的经纪人问:“她有对象吗?”
When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.
当你准备成为一名母亲时,仅仅爱一个人是不够的。你需要考虑他是否会是一个好父母,用同样的信念抚养你的孩子。
Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.
一个称职的工人如果不花大量的时间研究他的工作究竟有多慢,同时又能使他的雇主相信他干得不错,那他是很难找到的。
Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
时间会消磨和减少一切,它会增加和增加善行,因为慷慨地给予一个通情达理的人的善行,会通过高尚的思想和记忆不断地增长。
Experience taught me that working families are often just one pay check away from economic disaster. And it showed me first-hand the importance of every family having access to good health care.
经验告诉我,工薪家庭离经济灾难往往只有一步之遥。它向我直接展示了每个家庭获得良好卫生保健的重要性。
I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame.
我是一个先发球员,在那里做了一些好事,然后我有机会证明自己是一个更接近目标的球员。因为这个机会,我有幸被选入名人堂。
Keep it simple in the kitchen. If you use quality ingredients, you don't need anything fancy to make food delicious: just a knife, a cutting board, and some good nonstick cookware, and you're set.
在厨房里保持简单。如果你使用高质量的食材,你不需要任何花哨的东西来做出美味的食物:一把刀,一个砧板,一些好的不粘锅,你就做好了。
I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.
我知道你以前已经听过一千遍了。但是这是真的——努力工作是有回报的。如果你想成为一个优秀的人,你必须练习,练习,再练习。如果你不爱什么,就不要做。
The outstanding people realized that the job involved more than just writing a good strategic plan. It was also important that top management should understand the plan and be prepared to adopt it.
优秀的人意识到这项工作不仅仅是写一个好的战略计划。同样重要的是,最高管理人员应了解该计划并准备采纳它。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.
孤独是好的,因为孤独是困难的;有些事情是困难的,这一定是我们做这件事的一个原因。
Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.
不要因为再见而沮丧。在你们再次见面之前,有必要道别一下。对于那些朋友来说,在片刻或一生之后再次相见是确定无疑的。
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
美德是勇敢的,善良从来无所畏惧。
Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his birth said, however, that he would be very amiable for all that, since he would have uncommon good sense.
从前,有一位王后,她有一个非常丑、非常畸形的儿子。不过,他出生时的一位仙女说,尽管如此,他还是会非常和蔼可亲的,因为他有非常好的判断力。
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
我相信每个人的心灵都能从对他人行善中获得快乐。
The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book.
优秀的、令人钦佩的读者并不认同书中的男孩或女孩,而是认同构思和创作那本书的人。