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Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
要明白朋友来来去去,但你应该把握住一些珍贵的朋友。你年纪越大,就越需要那些在你年轻时就认识你的人。
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
艺术产生丑陋的东西,而丑陋的东西往往随着时间的推移而变得更加美丽。另一方面,时尚产生的美丽的东西总是随着时间变得丑陋。
Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.
时间从画家的作品中提取各种价值。当这些价值被耗尽时,图片就会被遗忘,而一张图片所能提供的东西越多,它就会变得越大。
I've never really taken more than four days off, so it was a lot for me to go away for three-and-a-half months. I went all over Europe. I walked on a whole bunch of beaches and I did a lot of thinking.
我从来没有真正休过超过四天的假,所以离开三个半月对我来说是很多的。我走遍了整个欧洲。我走在很多海滩上,思考了很多。
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
学会读书的人越多,学会谋生的人就越少。这是一点教育。它会因为你的实际工作而影响你。你知道的越多,你就越觉得别人欠你的钱越多。
I do feel we can create more jobs and opportunities for Jersey City residents, but in the spirit of free enterprise, I do not think it is right to force companies to hire a fixed percentage of local residents.
我确实觉得我们可以为泽西城的居民创造更多的就业和机会,但本着自由企业的精神,我认为强迫公司雇佣固定比例的当地居民是不对的。
I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams... Man... is above all the plaything of his memory.
我总是惊讶于一个普通的观察者是如何给予如此多的信任和重视醒着的事情,而不是那些发生在梦里的事情……男人。是他记忆中最重要的玩物。
A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world.
一个孩子也永远无法理解这样一个事实:同样是这位母亲,她做饭做得那么好,那么关心他的咳嗽,那么慈祥地帮助他做作业,在某些情况下,她对他的感情不过是隐藏在他内心世界的一堵墙。
The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and experience, and it's very limited in what it can do logically. It's an existential experience - there and then gone.
印刷的页面传达信息和承诺,需要积极参与。电视传达情感和经验,它在逻辑上所能做的非常有限。这是一种存在的体验——在那里,然后消失。
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Sometimes it's not that two people aren't right for eachother. It's more like the timing wasn't right.
有时候并不是两个人不适合彼此。更像是时机不对。
Sometimes you hurt yourself more than anyone could hurt you, only for keeping your feelings hidden.
有时候,你伤害自己的程度比任何人都要深,只是因为你隐藏了自己的感情。
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
我认为,银行机构对我们的自由而言,比常备军更危险。
I love you more than yesterday but nothing is compared to tomorrow.
我爱你胜过昨天,但没有什么能与明天相比。
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
对我来说,一个温暖思想的光辉比金钱更有价值。
Sometimes we expect more form others because we would be willing to do that much for them.
有时我们对别人期望更高,因为我们愿意为他们做那么多。