A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
记者
Journalist
Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.
透视,n。一个人,通常是一个女人,她有能力看到她的恩人看不见的东西——也就是说,他是一个傻瓜。
I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?
我听到了关于宇宙的说法,听到了,听到了几千年;就目前而言,它还算不错——但就这些吗?
If I wasn't going to be a world-famous journalist and if I didn't have such respect for truth and justice, I could be an amazing master criminal.
如果我不打算成为一名世界闻名的记者,如果我不尊重真理和正义,我可能会成为一名了不起的犯罪大师。
The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men - the man he is and the man he wants to be.
许多广告背后的哲学是基于一个古老的观点,即每个人都是两个真正的男人——他是他自己,他想成为的人。
Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.
哦,只要我活着,要做生活的主宰,而不是奴隶,要像一个强大的征服者那样迎接生活,任何外在的东西都不能控制我。
Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.
心胸狭窄、缺乏想象力的小个子男人过着循规蹈矩的生活,沾沾自喜地抵制一切可能会扰乱他们的小天地的变化。
This is our mercury, our lunary, but whosoever thinks of any other water besides this, is ignorant and foolish, never attaining to the desired effects.
这是我们的水银,我们的精神病院,但是,除了这个以外,谁要是想到别的水,那他就是无知和愚蠢的,永远达不到想要的效果。
The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
政治制度不适合人民。人民对经济来说是次要的。这是为了赚钱,而不是为了造福人民。
I think my type of personality has all music inside of it, so I am full of music, without even knowing it, without even learning it, without even hearing it.
我认为我的性格中包含了所有的音乐,所以我充满了音乐,甚至不知道它,甚至不学习它,甚至不听它。
Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.
一直困扰我一生的一个问题是,为什么当我特别需要帮助时,做好事的人往往是我无权要求帮助的人。
I don't want it to be all that self-conscious or artificial, but it really grows out of my having invented myself as a listener so that I could hear her voice.
我不想让它变得那么自觉或做作,但它真的是我把自己变成了一个倾听者,这样我就能听到她的声音。
First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They are white. They come from privileged backgrounds. They are educated.
首先,通常是女性管理着这些更高的灵长类动物保护区,很少是男性。他们是白色的。他们来自优越的背景。他们的教育。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
For me, a hearty "belly laugh" is one of the beautiful sounds in the world.
对我来说,开怀大笑是世界上最美妙的声音之一。
Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.
每一个不太愚蠢或太自以为是而不去注意正在发生的事情的记者都知道,他所做的在道德上是站不住脚的。
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
你是否只从那些仰慕你、温柔待你、支持你的人身上吸取了教训?那些与你争竞,与你争竞的,岂不是给你大教训吗?
When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.
撒谎时,要强调和愤怒,像你的孩子一样。
Every choice you make has an end result.
你做的每一个选择都有一个结果。
I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are.
我在院子里,以为这棵树是有生命的。我们认为树木是理所当然的。我们不相信他们像我们一样活着。