A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
人民
People
When people recognise me they just kind of go 'Hi how are you,' really kind of cool you know.
当人们认出我的时候,他们会说“你好吗”,真的很酷。
The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?
那些试图让这个世界变得更糟的人没有休假。我为什么要休假呢?
Becoming obsessed with what people think is the quickest way to forget about what God thinks.
沉迷于别人的想法是忘记上帝想法的最快方法。
People are really interested in the concept of eternal youth in this plastic-surgery culture.
在整形外科文化中,人们对“永葆青春”这一概念非常感兴趣。
People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
人们要求我描述自己,但这是非常私人的事情。你觉得不舒服。
The only people I have seen who have been truly pushing for the truth are the family members.
我所见过的唯一真正在推动真相的人是他们的家人。
I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people.
泰国人民的这些友好表示使我深受感动。
But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.
但我是这样的人,如果某些结构倒塌,一切都可能出大问题。
Political people don't solve stuff - not really. Political people are like guys in pop music.
政治人物解决不了问题——不是真的。政治人物就像流行音乐中的人物。
People ask me why is it so hard to trust people. I ask them why is it hard to keep a promise.
人们问我为什么很难相信别人。我问他们为什么遵守诺言很难。
Have faith in man, whether he appears to you to be a very learned one or a most ignorant one.
你要相信人,不管他在你看来是一个博学的人,还是一个无知的人。
Genuinely good people are like that. The sun shines out of them. They warm you right through.
真正的好人就是这样。阳光照在他们身上。它们让你感到温暖。
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I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star.
我不认为自己是一个电影明星,我可以很容易地说服别人我不是一个电影明星。
My dad used to say all the time to go out and win this inning. It's one pitch, one inning, one game at a time. It sounds ridiculous, but people who are good at doing it have more success.
我爸爸以前总是说要出去赢这一局。这是一个投球,一局,一场比赛。这听起来很荒谬,但擅长做这件事的人会更成功。
People love gossip. It's the biggest thing that keeps the entertainment industry going.
人们喜欢八卦。这是娱乐产业发展的最大动力。
Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness.
死亡过去常常在生命的壮年宣布它自己,但现在人们拖得太久了,有时我们似乎到了不得不宣布死亡的时候。就好像一个人死的时候需要一种特殊的力量,而不是最终的弱点。
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
告诉我们要服从本能就像告诉我们要服从人一样。人们会说不同的话,直觉也是如此。我们的本能处于战争状态…每一种本能,如果你听从它,都会声称以牺牲其他本能为代价而得到满足。
One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
现代的悲剧之一是,人们开始相信某人过去说过的一些话,可能是为了说明或挑衅的目的,实际上代表了那个人当时的信仰。