A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Making
I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it.
我喜欢做东西。我家里有一家木材店。我是一个糟糕的木匠,但我喜欢做它。
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
成功不在于永不犯错误,而在于永不犯第二次同样的错误。
The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.
结交真正的朋友是我们人生成功的最好标志。
I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.
比起赚钱,我更在乎的是表达自己的观点,并取得成功。
Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.
我们所说的管理,大部分是让人们难以完成工作。
In truth, making films doesn't feel like hard work because I always have such a good time doing it.
事实上,拍电影并不觉得辛苦,因为我总是觉得很开心。
I'm looking forward to free skiing the most. Just groomers, big wide groomers making nice big turns.
我最期待的是自由滑雪。只是修面师,又大又宽的修面师会做出漂亮的大转弯。
Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making.
收音机是一袋平庸之物,在那里,头脑简单的小人物沉溺于他们自己制造的水闸中。
Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.
每个人都认为拍电影是一件大事,但在过去他们一直都是这样做的。
Our attitude is that we want to cross over. You can't go on making records just for your own hometown.
我们的态度是想跨越过去。你不能仅仅为了自己的家乡而继续录制唱片。
I think I sound like a fella who's always making a plea through his music. Sort of a plea of sincerity.
我想我听起来就像一个总是通过他的音乐恳求的家伙。某种程度上是真诚的请求。
What you see with your eyes when you're making music is going to have a profound effect on what you hear.
当你创作音乐时,你用眼睛看到的东西会对你听到的东西产生深远的影响。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Any accolades that anybody puts toward this band really makes me feel good, because I have devoted such a big part of my life to this band, making it what I want it to be.
任何人对这支乐队的任何褒奖都会让我感觉很好,因为我为这支乐队奉献了生命中如此重要的一部分,让它成为我想成为的样子。
I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.
我想,基本上我对人们追随我的工作或者像我一样工作不感兴趣。
The more people involved in making a movie, the worse it is, generally.
一般来说,参与电影制作的人越多,电影就越糟糕。
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
很少有人有真正的艺术才能。因此,通过努力来刺激局势既不合适,也没有效果。如果你有一种强烈的,不安分的写作或绘画的冲动,只要吃点甜食,这种感觉就会过去。
Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.
直到他们嗅到了钱的味道,大品牌才真正开始出现,而吸引他们的只有钱——他们所从事的行业——赚钱。
At my lowest I was making nothing, of course.
当然,在我最低潮的时候,我什么也没赚到。