A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
去年
Last
What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question 'Can we trust Microsoft?'
过去几年我们所经历的一切让一些人质疑“我们能信任微软吗?”
God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies.
上帝站在每个人的一边…归根结底，他是站在有钱有势的一方。
Some guys will want to change everything about you. But the right guy will only want to change one thing, your last name.
有些人想要改变你的一切。但对的人只会想改变一件事，你的姓。
The last couple of years have been a write-off, though I'm beginning to feel like a person now. My energy is coming back.
虽然我现在开始觉得自己像一个人了，但过去的几年我已经一笔勾销了。我的精力恢复了。
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
领导者的首要责任是定义现实。最后是说谢谢。在这两者之间，领导者是一个仆人。
Because you never think the last time is the last time, you think there'll be more. You think you have forever but you don't.
因为你从不认为最后一次就是最后一次，你认为会有更多。你以为你拥有永远，但你没有。
My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.
我的目标是去年赢得世界冠军，今年赢得奥运会冠军，我做到了，我非常高兴。
The way I work, typically, I do everything at the very last minute. Even if I was given two months, I'd do it in the last three days.
我的工作方式，通常是在最后一分钟做每件事。即使给我两个月的时间，我也会在最后三天完成。
I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop.
这个人说:“我出身贫寒，所以我决不会瞧不起那些没有钱来我店里买东西的人。
The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a little earth is thrown at last upon our head, and that is the end forever.
最后一幕是血腥的，不管剩下的部分多么令人愉快:最后一个小土扔到了我们的头上，这就是永远的结局。
The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be.
我最不愿意做的事情就是成为那种会说话的人，一切都像缎子一样光滑，你知道下一个问题是什么。
Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.
即使在过去的三四年里，我认为我有了更强的沟通能力。我有更多的勇气来展示这些东西……这确实需要勇气。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily.
人们常说动力不会持久。洗澡也不行。这就是我们每天推荐它的原因。
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
每个英雄最后都会变成一个令人讨厌的人。
The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason.
理性的最后一个步骤是认识到有无限的事物在它之外。没有什么比否认理性更符合理性的了。
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
痛苦是暂时的。它可能持续一分钟，或者一个小时，或者一天，或者一年，但最终它会消退，取而代之的是别的东西。然而，如果我退出，它将永远持续下去。
My mother died of lung cancer last year. I felt helpless. As an economist, I thought, 'What can I do?'
我母亲去年死于肺癌。我感到很无助。作为一名经济学家，我想，‘我能做什么?’
I was watching the show last year and it didn't even cross my mind that this could even happen.
去年我在看这个节目的时候，根本没想到会发生这种事。