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I've been wanting to go into music ever since I can remember. I mean even before I became an actor. I just thought it would be a tough field to break into, so I became an actor instead.
从记事起,我就一直想从事音乐。我是说在我成为演员之前。我只是觉得这将是一个很难进入的领域,所以我成为了一名演员。
I mean, when I started out I was billing per hour, like a shrink because you would sit with somebody and work. But most of it, if it's for a live show it's usually a buy-out. A flat fee.
我的意思是,刚开始的时候,我是按小时计费的,就像一个心理医生,因为你可以和别人坐在一起工作。但大多数情况下,如果是现场演出,通常都是买断。固定费用。
I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday.
我的意思是,在南非的例子中,很多人都是行刑队的成员,他们都是白人社区中受人尊敬的成员,他们每个星期天都去教堂做礼拜。
He lives out in Orchard Park. I mean, to be able to sit on the bench so patiently, for whatever part, and to be able to get up and do something, with such heroic competencies would be great.
他住在果园公园外面。我的意思是,能够如此耐心地坐在替补席上,不管做什么,能够站起来做点什么,拥有如此英勇的能力将是伟大的。
Dividing into teams doesn't necessarily mean denigrating others. Studies of groupishness have generally found that groups increase in-group love far more than they increase out-group hostility.
分成团队并不一定意味着诋毁他人。对群体性的研究普遍发现,群体内的爱比群体外的敌意增加得更多。
The pressures, I don't really like to think about the pressures, I like to solve them, you know what I mean. I could sit here and complain about pressures but nobody wants to hear about pressures.
压强,我不喜欢考虑压强,我喜欢解它们,你们知道我的意思。我可以坐在这里抱怨压力,但没有人想听到压力。
When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there's some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in finding out what a word means, because it's the punch line to a joke.
当一个孩子明白一个单词可以代表两件事时,他就会开始认真思考了。他们有一种既得利益,那就是找出一个词的意思,因为它是一个笑话的妙语。
But, finally, I just realized a few years ago that this is where I belonged. I mean everything I had was invested here, emotionally and every other way. And the country had invested enormously in me.
但是,最后,我在几年前才意识到这就是我的归宿。我的意思是我所有的一切都投入到了这里,情感上的投入和其他方面的投入。国家在我身上投入了巨大的资金。
But I will agree that I think that things happen with people in relationships, that you might have been able to enjoy Morocco, say, if you weren't getting out of a bad marriage. You know what I mean?
但我同意,我认为恋爱中的人会有这样的事情发生,如果你没有从一段糟糕的婚姻中走出来,你也许可以享受摩洛哥的生活。你明白我的意思吗?
And certainly the history of public sculpture has been disastrous but that doesn't mean it ought not to continue and the only way it even has a chance to continue is if the work gets out into the public.
当然,公共雕塑的历史是灾难性的,但这并不意味着它不应该继续下去,它甚至有机会继续下去的唯一方法是,如果作品被公之于众。
I do not mean that he can simply hear the other, but that he will listen actively and purposefully, responding with the instrument of his trade, that is, with the personal vulnerability of his own trembling self.
我的意思并不是说他能简单地听到对方的声音,而是说他会积极地、有目的地倾听,用他所从事的职业来回应,也就是说,用他颤抖的自我的个人弱点来回应。
All I'm going to tell you is investigations, whether it be this and others, where you have partial facts, analysts, agents are always trying to interpret what those facts mean, extrapolate from them what they mean.
我要告诉你们的是调查,不管是这个还是其他的,只要有部分事实,分析人员,特工总是试图解释这些事实的含义,并从中推断出它们的含义。
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Just because you're upfront with someone doesn't mean you're an honest person; you might just be someone in the passenger seat.
仅仅因为你对某人坦诚并不意味着你是一个诚实的人;你可能只是坐在副驾驶的位置上。
Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it.
永远要真诚,即使你不是真心的。
I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I'm not touring, because we tour so much.
我对那件事非常认真。我的意思是,我很少在不巡演的时候坐在鼓点前,因为我们巡演太多了。
I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it.
我相信人们可能有艺术创造力的倾向。这并不意味着他们会成功。
I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to me.
我的意思是,当真正开始的时候,我只想打鼓。其余的对我来说从来就没有那么重要。
I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
我不是那种想做很多不同事情的演员,你懂我的意思吗?