A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
记者
Journalist
I did not have one bad spell during writing - an unprecedented record.
在写作过程中,我没有一段糟糕的经历——这是一个前所未有的记录。
There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.
没有什么东西比它更柔软的了,它是轮式宇宙的中心。
We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.
当我们努力完成他人的工作后,我们总是会更加钦佩他。
A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.
一位资深记者在写作前从来没有时间三思。
Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
在这里或以后对我都一样,我完全接受时间。
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。
People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.
人们写回忆录是因为他们缺乏想象力。
Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.
上次我在牙买加的时候,我资助一位老师在孤儿院教书。
You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.
你不能以一种与你看待自己不一致的方式行事。
Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply.
随着岁月的流逝,爱会变得异常充实、迅速和辛酸。
I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.
我更喜欢乡村生活。我住在金斯敦,但是那里有很多树。
If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag.
如果你像对待纯种狗一样对待你的妻子,你就永远不会有唠叨的下场。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.
当我做得很好的时候,我有一种很好的温暖的感觉,但是这种快乐被每天开始的痛苦抵消了。让我们面对现实吧,写作是地狱。
To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.
对记者来说,好消息往往根本不是新闻。
Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
陌生人,如果你路过遇见我,想和我说话,为什么不跟我说话呢?我为什么不跟你说话呢?
I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting.
我更喜欢和孩子们一起工作,他们的生活可能被周末读一本书彻底颠覆。你给他们一本书读,他们回家后就变成了另一个人。这是非常有趣和令人兴奋的。
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。
Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
你听说了吗,赢得今天是件好事?我还说,失败是件好事,因为在胜利的同时,战斗也以同样的精神失败了。