A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
人民
People
The mayor needs to hear him. So do the people of New Orleans, ... We're cautious about encouraging people to return at this moment of history.
市长需要听他说。新奥尔良人也是，在这个历史时刻，我们对鼓励人们回国持谨慎态度。
Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the ground up less than they are from the top down.
一般来说，被吸引到新闻业的人对自下而上发生的事情更感兴趣，而不是自上而下。
Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values.
知识分子认为思想比价值更重要。也就是说，自己的想法和别人的价值观。
Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.
电视是一种娱乐媒介，它使成千上万的人在同一时间听同一种笑话，但仍然感到孤独。
Academics act like they are important, but when something is academic it is meaningless. People say, 'It's academic, now let's get work done.'
学术表现得好像它们很重要，但当某些东西是学术性的，它就没有意义了。人们说，‘这是学术性的，现在让我们完成工作吧。’
We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are values, too.
我们需要确保中产阶级有能力支付账单。我们需要确保穷人不会挨饿。这些也是价值观。
People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
那些不能创造和改造自己的人，必须满足于借来的姿态，二手的想法，适应而不是脱颖而出。
I love round people, I love skinny people. I love people in general; we've got to get past labels and stop being so critical about everything.
我爱圆的人，我爱瘦的人。我爱所有的人;我们必须摆脱标签的束缚，不再对每件事都那么挑剔。
Recording an album and doing it live are like two different animals. There are some people that are great singers live, horrible in the studio.
录制专辑和现场表演就像两只不同的动物。有一些人是伟大的歌手现场，可怕的工作室。
There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's faith for you. There's such a strong spirit here.
现在住在曼哈顿下城的人比恐怖袭击前还要多。这就是你的信仰。这里有如此强大的精神。
People tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, period. And that's not really true.
人们倾向于认为，因为我需要自己在工作室里的所有时间，所以我需要自己的时间。但事实并非如此。
If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I've influenced them, you'd never believe it, and you'll never see it in print, either.
如果我告诉你所有那些偷偷告诉我我影响了他们的人，你永远不会相信，你也永远不会在报纸上看到。
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The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.
很多人没有意识到机遇的存在，是因为它总是穿着工装裤走来走去，看上去像在努力工作。
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 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。
People will stare. Make it worth their while.
人们会盯着看。让他们觉得值得。
People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.
总是注意自己健康的人就像守财奴，他们囤积了大量的财富，却从来没有足够的精神去享受。
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。