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英雄
Heroes
This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance.
在我看来,这是普通人最根本的英雄品质;他们对暴君说不,并平静地承担反抗的后果。
There is no more heroic pugilist than a soul battered by evil, blinking through its bleeding wounds, seeking an opening to strike a blow for the good.
没有比这更英勇的拳击手了,他的灵魂受到邪恶的摧残,在流血的伤口中眨着眼睛,寻找一个开口,为正义而战。
Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes.
生活、不幸、孤独、遗弃、贫穷,都是有英雄的战场;无名英雄,有时比显赫的英雄更伟大。
Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
对那些把人看成一体的老小说家来说,事情要容易得多。总的来说,他们的英雄是彻头彻尾的好人,他们的坏人则是彻头彻尾的坏人。
He would still see it as his duty to shut up and get on with it, not cause any trouble. In our own time we've made a hero of the rebel, and it's more heroic to speak up.
他仍然认为他有责任闭嘴,继续干下去,不制造任何麻烦。在我们这个时代,我们把反抗者塑造成英雄,而敢于发声则更有英雄气概。
The soldiers that didn't come back were the heroes. It's a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you're a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you're a survivor.
没有回来的士兵是英雄。这是掷骰子的结果。如果子弹上有你的名字,你就是英雄。如果你听到一颗子弹飞过,你就是幸存者。
To me, I think it's awesome to meet your heroes and find out who they are and where they came from and what made them choose to communicate in the form that connected with you.
对我来说,能见到你心目中的英雄,了解他们是谁,他们来自哪里,是什么让他们选择与你交流的方式,我觉得非常棒。
Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race.
古老的神话,古老的神,古老的英雄永远不死。他们只是沉睡在我们的心底,等待着我们的呼唤。我们需要他们。他们代表了我们种族的智慧。
It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task.
似乎我们的国家已经变成了一个只有摇滚歌手和棒球运动员为英雄的国家,没有一个正直的大个子可以被召唤来完成这项任务。
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children.
尽管我与圣人和英雄交谈得很多,但他们很少有我的爱和钦佩。我渴望乡村和家庭的景色,渴望鸟鸣和孩子们的闲聊。
We need heroes, people who can inspire us, help shape us morally, spur us on to purposeful action--and from time to time we are called on to be those heroes, leaders for others, either in a small, day-to-day way, or on the world's larger stage.
我们需要英雄,那些能够激励我们,帮助我们在道德上塑造我们,激励我们采取有目的的行动的人——我们不时被要求成为这些英雄,成为他人的领导者,无论是在日常生活中,还是在世界更大的舞台上。
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Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men ... crisis shows us what we have become.
伟大的场合不会造就英雄或懦夫;他们只是在男人的眼前揭开面纱……危机向我们展示了我们已经成为什么样的人。
Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity.
演戏是神经质冲动的表现。这是流浪汉的生活。放弃演戏,那是成熟的标志。
And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.
我相信我们需要英雄,我相信我们需要某些人来衡量我们自己的缺点。
Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool.
英雄不穿尿布。就是不酷。
We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.
我们抽象地援引我们死去的英雄们的牺牲,但我们很少花时间单独感谢他们。
It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.
这是一生中最激动人心的时刻。白兰度和海克曼是我心目中的英雄。