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神话
Myth
I am not a myth.
我不是神话。
Myth is, after all, the neverending story.
毕竟,神话是一个永无止境的故事。
Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
人们相信的神话往往会变成事实。
The depth of your mythology is the extent of your effectiveness.
你的神话的深度是你的效力的程度。
A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.
神话是我们试图理解世界的一种形象。
My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth.
作为一名喜剧演员,我唯一的目标就是打破模特少数族裔的神话。
In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I think can destroy us.
换句话说,我将屈服于一个我认为可以毁灭我们的相同的神话。
But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny.
但神话不是对世界、历史和命运的解释。
It is a myth to think that sometimes creative disagreement doesn't necessarily produce a better
认为有时创造性的分歧并不一定会产生更好的结果,这是一个神话
It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved.
它是一个神话,而不是命令;它是一个寓言,而不是逻辑;
History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
历史就是现在。这就是为什么每一代人都在重新书写。但大多数人认为的历史是它的最终产物,神话。
We each have a personal myth, a vision of who we really are and what we want. Health means that part of what you want is to give to others.
我们每个人都有一个自己的神话,一个关于我们是谁和我们想要什么的愿景。健康意味着你想要的一部分是给予他人。
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Postmodernists believe that truth is myth, and myth, truth. This equation has its roots in pop psychology. The same people also believe that emotions are a form of reality. There used to be another name for this state of mind. It used to be called psychosis.
后现代主义者认为真理是神话,神话是真理。这个等式起源于流行心理学。同样的人也相信情感是现实的一种形式。过去这种心态有另一个名字。它曾经被称为精神病。
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death.
我相信想象力比知识更强大——神话比历史更强大——梦想比事实更强大——希望永远战胜经验——欢笑是治愈悲伤的良药——爱比死亡更强大。
MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
神话(神话):原始人对其起源、早期历史、英雄、神灵等的信仰,有别于他们后来编造的真实故事。
No I don't think it was a myth at all, anymore than what the recession that the whole country was experiencing was a myth, which obviously seems like it's going to get worse and worse.
不,我不认为这是一个神话,就像整个国家正在经历的经济衰退是一个神话一样,它显然看起来会变得越来越糟。
If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual image is clear enough, the interpretation is infinitely blurred, a sort of enormous rainbow of every possible colour you could imagine.
如果你把神话和民间传说,以及这些用符号来表达的东西,它们可以用很多方式来解释,尽管实际的图像足够清晰,但解释是无限模糊的,就像你能想象的各种颜色的巨大彩虹。
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic
真相的最大敌人往往不是谎言——故意的、做作的、不诚实的——而是神话——持久的、有说服力的、不切实际的