A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
想法
Idea
The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.
在电影或歌曲中谈论灵魂伴侣的想法很美好，也很浪漫，但在现实中，我觉得它很可怕。
Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any idea or notion whatsoever.
我所知道的，也许存在着许多我和任何其他人都没有或不能拥有的观念或概念。
Devote yourself to an idea. Go make it happen. Struggle on it. Overcome your fears. Smile. Don't you forget: This is your dream.
专注于一个想法。去实现它吧。斗争。克服你的恐惧。微笑。别忘了:这是你的梦想。
We both have no idea if we're gonna be together in the end. But one thing's for sure, I'll do everything I can to make it happen.
我们都不知道我们最终会不会在一起。但有一件事是肯定的，我将尽我所能让它发生。
It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.
直到我放弃了那个黄铜戒指的想法，它才出现了。幸运的是，它正好与我的清洁时间重合。
So my idea of neurotic is spending too much time trying to correct a wrong. When I feel that I'm doing that, then I snap out of it.
所以我认为神经质就是花太多时间去纠正错误。当我感觉到我在做的时候，我就会振作起来。
I have no idea what readership is of written editorials, but it doesn't come anywhere close to the readership of editorial cartoons.
我不知道书面社论的读者人数是多少，但它与社论漫画的读者人数相差甚远。
It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic balances simply doesn't work any more.
在我看来，传统上为维护现有的种族平衡而辩护的想法已经行不通了。
I was technically a Valley Girl, even though I absolutely dreaded being called that. I really hated the idea that I was a Valley Girl.
严格来说，我是一个山谷女孩，尽管我非常害怕被这样称呼。我真的很讨厌我是一个山谷女孩的想法。
I never presumed that a technique of composition or an idea was so special that just using it would guarantee the quality of the music.
我从来没有想过作曲的技巧或想法是如此的特别，仅仅使用它就能保证音乐的质量。
The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.
一个作曲家突然有了一个很棒的想法，然后通宵达旦地写出来，这种陈旧的想法是毫无意义的。晚上是睡觉的时间。
Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as 'suits'.
盛装打扮不可避免地会取代好主意。在技术上无能的商业类型被称为“西装”，这并非巧合。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I wouldn't even have braces on my teeth. I think they are horrible and this idea that everyone should conform and be perfect is ridiculous.
我连牙套都没有。我认为他们是可怕的，每个人都应该遵守和完美的想法是荒谬的。
None of us have much idea where we are. Perhaps all our lives are too concerned with where, and not enough with who.
我们都不知道自己在哪里。也许我们所有人的生活都过于关注在哪里，而忽视了谁。
But the truth is, it's not the idea, it's never the idea, it's always what you do with it.
但事实是，这不是你的想法，这从来都不是你的想法，而是你如何对待它。
My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three husbands.
我的想法是走进死亡的深渊，嫁给一个失去了三个丈夫的女人。
I begin with an idea, and then it becomes something else.
我从一个想法开始，然后它变成了别的东西。
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
几乎每个有想法的人都会把它发展到看起来不可能的程度，然后他就会泄气。这不是气馁的地方。