A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
问
Ask
People ask me, 'What do you do?' And I tell them I'm a writer, but always with the silent reservation, 'I am, of course, not really a writer. Hemingway was a writer.'
人们问我，‘你是做什么的?我告诉他们我是一名作家，但总是带着沉默的保留。海明威是个作家。”
When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.
当你结婚的时候，问自己这个问题:你相信在你年老的时候你能和这个人很好地交谈吗?婚姻中的其他一切都是短暂的。
I never ask boys' opinions on clothes, ever. I really think, unless you think the guy has style, don't ask. So I only ask my girl friends. I don't trust guys' opinions on style!
我从来没有问过男孩子们对衣服的意见，从来没有。我真的觉得，除非你觉得他很有型，否则别问。所以我只问我的女朋友。我不相信男人对时尚的看法!
And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, 'love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.
我问为什么我是黑人，他们说我生在罪恶中，为不公平而羞愧。我们过去在教堂唱的一首主要歌曲让我感到恶心，“爱洗涤我，我将比雪更白。”
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
你是受过教育的。你的证书就是你的学位。你可以把它看作通往美好生活的门票。让我请你想出一个替代方案。把它看作是你改变世界的门票。
Eating disorders can have serious medical and psychological consequences which, left unchecked, can kill. Parents should address this issue and ask their children to discuss how they feel about themselves.
饮食失调会带来严重的医疗和心理后果，如果不加以控制，可能会致命。父母应该解决这个问题，让他们的孩子讨论他们对自己的感觉。
If you ask almost any of them, 'Do you stand behind your theory? Is this the answer?' I think almost everyone would say, 'No, no, no. I'm just trying to expand the range of possibilities.' We really don't know what's going on.
如果你问他们中的任何一个人，“你支持你的理论吗?”这就是答案吗?我想几乎每个人都会说，不，不，不。我只是想扩大可能性的范围。我们真的不知道发生了什么。
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
当我们诚实地问自己生命中谁对我们最重要时，我们常常发现，是那些人，他们没有给出建议、解决方案或治愈方法，而是选择与我们分享痛苦，用温暖而温柔的手触摸我们的伤口。
So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
所以人们认为我一直在谎报年龄?是记录错了。我从来没有告诉过任何人我有多大。他们一问我，我就说:‘这不关你的事。所以这意味着我从来没有谎报过自己的年龄。现在这是真的!
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I couldn't ask for a better life.
我不能要求更好的生活。
What i am to you is not what you mean to me you give me miles and miles of mountains and i'll ask for the sea.
我之于你，并不代表你之于我。你给我连绵不绝的高山，我却要大海。
If you don't ask, you don't get.
如果你不问，你就得不到。
The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise.
一个不想让妻子工作的男人被一个询问她加薪机会的男人接替了。
You have to do the research. If you don't know about something, then you ask the right people who do.
你必须做研究。如果你不知道某件事，那就去问知道的人。