A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
个人
Myself
I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.
我把自己看作一个碰巧画漫画的艺术家。
I feel like I'm always fighting not to repeat myself.
我觉得我一直在努力不让自己重蹈覆辙。
I still consider myself a little, fat kid from Hawaii.
我仍然认为自己是一个来自夏威夷的胖小子。
I didn't see myself as any advance guard, or feminist.
我不认为自己是先遣部队,也不认为自己是女权主义者。
How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?
我怎么能管理别人呢,连自己都不能管理吗?
I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.
我学会了对自己说我是多么的与众不同。
Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.
通常,我用著名喜剧演员的名字来给我的角色命名。
I don't call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican.
我不叫自己拉丁人,我叫自己波多黎各人。
I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself.
我钦佩别人身上我所缺乏的力量。
I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.
我不会把自己置于脆弱的境地。
I see myself as the same person as I was, as I am now.
我把自己看作过去的自己,现在的自己。
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
不要叫我遇见试探。我自己能找到路。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
I never thought of myself as a writer.
我从未想过自己会成为一名作家。
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
我若不为自己,谁为我呢?如果我不为别人,我是谁?如果不是现在,什么时候?
I have achieved a lot and I'm grateful for that - I'm just a bit greedy because I want to add the Olympics. It's once every four years - everyone wants it and very few people get it.
我已经取得了很多成绩,对此我很感激——我只是有点贪心,因为我想要加入奥运会。每四年一次——每个人都想要,但很少有人能得到。
My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally shocked.
我当时的女朋友说服我把这些歌寄到蛀牙搜索。当他们想公布我的唱片时,我完全惊呆了。
Past is past.
过去的已经过去。
For myself, for a long time... maybe I felt inauthentic or something, I felt like my voice wasn't worth hearing, and I think everyone's voice is worth hearing. So if you've got something to say, say it from the rooftops.
对于我自己,在很长一段时间里……也许我觉得自己不真实,我觉得我的声音不值得听,我觉得每个人的声音都值得听。所以如果你有什么要说的,站在屋顶上说。