A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
人民
People
Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do.
有些人认为我完全是个傻瓜,我希望大多数人认为我很擅长我所做的事情。
You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them.
你必须在不可怕的人之间把握好方向,但同时又不能误导他们。
Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention.
有些人真的很想演奏莫扎特的作品,成为一名表演者。我对发明更感兴趣。
People tend to associate anyone who looks and behaves differently with illegal or immoral activity.
人们倾向于把长相和行为不同的人与非法或不道德的行为联系起来。
It's great when you have people who will speak passionately and honestly about what they are doing.
当你有一些人会热情而诚实地谈论他们正在做的事情时,这是很棒的。
Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don't know why. It's ugly, everywhere.
全世界的年轻人都在无缘无故地死去,他们不知道为什么。这是丑陋的,无处不在。
But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment.
但如果年轻人永远不会厌倦行为上的错误,那么老年人也不会厌倦判断上的错误。
I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle.
我想人们总是认为我是自由主义者,因为我来自西雅图东南部。
I got to meet some of the best people I've ever met, and we all grew as people and as entertainers.
我遇到了一些我所见过的最好的人,我们都成长为人,成长为艺人。
When people put that sort of pressure on you, you're worried that people won't want to receive you.
当人们给你施加这种压力时,你会担心人们不会接受你。
You're richer than you think in that old small town. Cause people like you make the world go round.
在那个古老的小镇上,你比你想象的还要富有。因为像你这样的人让世界转动。
You can't stop people from talking about you, but you can stop giving them something to talk about.
你不能阻止人们谈论你,但你可以停止给他们谈论的话题。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.
我感觉自己在公众视野中出现得越多,就会受到越多的批评。你需要有信心——这就是走出去,在一大群人面前唱一首歌所需要的。
Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.
那些决定把休闲作为心智发展手段的人,那些喜欢好音乐、好书、好画、好剧本、好伙伴、好对话的人——他们是什么?他们是世界上最幸福的人。
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
有些人永远学不到任何东西,因为他们理解一切太快。
If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.
如果你在很小的时候就爆红了,会有很多人把你往不同的方向拉。重新调整需要时间,看看什么是重要的。
Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't expect it from you, and they don't want to see it. You're not entitled to be serious, you're a clown.
做一个有趣的人对你有很多好处。你觉得你不应该对别人太认真。他们不期待你这么做,他们也不想看到你这么做。你没资格严肃,你是个小丑。
It costs so much to promote something these days that almost always safety is the preferred option, reference back to things which have been successful in the past. Also, people are simply not given the time to develop and find themselves and their audience as we were.
如今,推广某项产品的成本如此之高,以至于几乎总是把安全作为首选选项,回顾过去成功的产品。而且,人们根本没有时间去发展,去发现他们自己和他们的观众,就像我们一样。