A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
人民
People
One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.
年轻人最大的优点之一就是他们敢于质疑,他们非常关心正义,他们有开放的思想。
Hey, you got something going here. I think we've got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people.
嘿,你有点不对劲。我认为我们有机会实施一些进步的政策,真正关注贫困和劳动人民。
I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.
我不能让宇宙服从我。我不能让别人顺从我自己的想法。我不能叫我自己的身体顺服我。
You get the part, sign the contract and start to realize millions of people follow this guy and know more about your character than you do.
你得到了这个角色,签了合同,开始意识到有数百万人追随这个家伙,比你更了解你的性格。
Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.
有些人手中的牌很糟糕,但他们之所以能成功,是因为他们处理手中悲剧的方式,这在我看来很勇敢。
What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.
当人们鼓掌是什么意思?我应该给他们钱吗?说谢谢吗?提升我的衣服吗?缺乏掌声——对此我可以作出回应。
There's a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I'm in the same boat.
很多人都经历过困难时期,他们感到孤独。他们觉得没有人在那里。但是我的处境相同。
Fame is damaging when people become reliant on it for their sense of self, and their identity, when fame is linked to how you see yourself.
当人们为了自我意识和身份而依赖名誉时,当名誉与你如何看待自己联系在一起时,名誉是有害的。
I don't even like to go out onto the streets sometimes because I can't get anything done. People want pictures and autographs all the time.
我有时甚至不喜欢上街,因为我什么也做不了。人们总是想要照片和签名。
It's very rare that I get stopped or get asked for an autograph or anything - none of which I mind - but people don't really care that much.
我很少被人拦下,或者被人要签名什么的——这些我都不介意——但人们真的没那么在乎。
The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
大多数人的幸福不是被巨大的灾难或致命的错误所破坏,而是被不断重复的破坏性的小事情所破坏。
It's nice because success has allowed me to have a blast on stage, to be in the studio with amazing people, but I find it all a bit bizarre.
这很好,因为成功让我在舞台上玩得很开心,在演播室里和很棒的人在一起,但我觉得这一切都有点奇怪。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
当然,思想开放的问题在于,人们会坚持走过去,并试图把东西放进去。
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。
The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning.
历史的概念本身就意味着学者和读者。如果没有一代文明人来研究历史,保存历史记录,吸取历史教训,并把它们与自身的问题联系起来,历史也将失去其意义。
A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
醉汉不会给清醒的人钱。他说他们只会吃它,买衣服,送孩子上学。
I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.
我认为有缺点的人比完美的人更有趣。
People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
来自一个没有鲜花的星球上的人会认为,我们一定是高兴得发疯了,才会有这样的事情发生在我们身上。