A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
人民
People
It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.
这是一种精神上的势利,使人们认为没有钱他们也可以快乐。
You have got to continue to grow or you are just like last nights corn bread stale and dry.
你必须继续成长,否则你就像昨晚的玉米面包一样干瘪。
A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.
讲故事的人编故事是为了帮助别人;说谎者为了帮助自己而编造谎言。
People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy.
处于幸运地位的人总是把美德归因于使他们如此幸福的东西。
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
大多数人错过了机会,因为它穿着工作服,看起来像工作。
So war is an extremely sad business, because the majority of people don't want to be in it.
所以战争是一件非常令人伤心的事情,因为大多数人不想参与其中。
People who don't like doing things together probably...well probably shouldn't get married.
不喜欢一起做事的人可能……也许不应该结婚。
I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books.
我做其他的事情。我演别人的电影。我直接的歌剧。我写的书。
If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people.
如果你能做自己最擅长的事,并且快乐,你就比大多数人在生活中走得更远。
When people start messing with their foreheads and can't lift their eyebrows, that's weird.
当人们开始弄乱额头,抬不起眉毛时,这很奇怪。
In this I-me society, my job is to get people to buy into something bigger than themselves.
在这个以我为中心的社会里,我的工作就是让人们买比自己更大的东西。
If people don't want you to question something, that probably means you should question it.
如果人们不想让你质疑某件事,那可能意味着你应该质疑它。
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I think we're much smarter than we were. Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand there's another purpose to it.
我觉得我们比以前聪明多了。每个人都知道抽象艺术可以是艺术,大多数人知道他们可能不喜欢它,即使他们知道它还有另一个目的。
I drink to make other people more interesting.
我喝酒是为了让别人更有趣。
People will stare. Make it worth their while.
人们会盯着看。让他们觉得值得。
I have travelled all over the world and one thing that amazes me is that I can communicate with people. My story may be different but emotionally we are all the same.
我周游了世界,令我惊讶的一件事是我可以与人交流。我的故事可能不同,但在情感上我们都是一样的。
People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which they're very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then they're kind of hard to tell apart - especially if the human is kind of hairy.
人和松鼠是非常不同的。大多数人不会这么认为。但我发现有一种情况它们非常相似。那就是:当我开着车向他们驶来的时候。然后它们就很难区分了——尤其是如果人类是多毛的。
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily.
人们常说动力不会持久。洗澡也不行。这就是我们每天推荐它的原因。