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There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory.
凡事必有开端,惟有忍耐到底,直到事情成就,才有真荣耀。
Everything goes, everything is lost, eventually. But if something is good, it doesn't matter what happens. The ending is still happy.
一切都去了,一切都失去了,最后。但如果某件事是好的,发生什么都不重要。结局仍然是幸福的。
I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area.
我审视自己,挑出我不喜欢的东西。不管我做了多少运动,我的臀部和臀部都没有肌肉。
For me, it doesn't matter how difficult something is, it doesn't matter how impressive it is, it's what sounds best that really counts.
对我来说,一件事有多难并不重要,有多深刻并不重要,重要的是什么听起来最好。
To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.
实事求是地看待这个世界,就等于陷入幻想——而且是愚蠢的幻想,因为现实世界既奇怪又奇妙。
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.
一个军人几乎不能因为打败了一个沉睡的敌人而自豪;简单地说,对于被打击的人来说,这更像是一种耻辱。
And there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline no matter how many times it’s sent away.
没有什么比这更美丽的了,大海拒绝停止亲吻海岸线,无论它被送走多少次。
Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.
任何让我兴奋的东西,我都会拍照;不是寻找不寻常的题材,而是让平凡变得不寻常。
Everybody, at some point in their life, has fallen down and not felt like getting back up, but you have to, no matter how difficult it is.
每个人,在人生的某个阶段,都会跌倒,不想再站起来,但无论有多难,你都必须站起来。
No matter how prosaic something is that you've done and been a part of again and again, there is so much more there that you haven't seen.
不管你做过的事情有多平凡,你一次又一次地成为其中的一部分,那里还有很多你没有看到的东西。
Commitment is the enemy of resistance, for it is the serious promise to press on, to get up, no matter how many times you are knocked down.
承诺是抵抗的敌人,因为它是一个严肃的承诺,无论你被打倒多少次,你都要坚持,站起来。
Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.
生活不是一个地方、事物或舒适的问题;相反,它涉及家庭、国家、正义和人类尊严的基本人权。
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It's the journey that matters, not the destination.
重要的是旅程,而不是目的地。
I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
我成了自己版本的乐观主义者。如果我不能通过一扇门,我会通过另一扇门——或者我要做一扇门。无论现在多么黑暗,可怕的事情总会发生。
Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.
光认为它比任何东西都快,但它错了。无论光走得多快,它发现黑暗总是先到达那里,然后等待着它。
Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do.
鲸鱼只有在浮出水面时才会被鱼叉叉住,海龟只有在伸出脖子时才会向前移动,但投资者无论如何都要面临风险。
No matter how many years you play, it's always something new and exciting. It's sports, you never know what may happen.
无论你打了多少年,它总是一些新的和令人兴奋的东西。这是运动,你永远不知道会发生什么。
No matter how many times you hurt me, I forgive you. I hate how you know it too.
无论你伤害了我多少次,我都原谅你。我也讨厌你知道这件事。