A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
人民
People
I'm not telling people where to give money, but if there is to be a spotlight shed on me, then I'd like to direct that spotlight onto causes I think are worthy or onto interesting, progressive figures.
我不是在告诉人们去哪里捐款,但如果有一个聚光灯照耀在我身上,那么我想把这个聚光灯指向我认为有价值的事业,或者有趣的、进步的人物。
It is true, there are many bad people; there are more of them than in the past, but that is because there are more people, meaning the population has tripled; there must be three times more bad people.
的确,有很多坏人;他们的数量比过去多,但那是因为人口增加了,这意味着人口增加了两倍;坏人一定是坏人的三倍。
There's almost no way of doing importing honestly, because if you do you're at such a disadvantage competitively. So people spend huge amounts of effort getting around stupid laws and not paying taxes.
诚实地进口几乎是不可能的,因为如果你这样做,你在竞争中就处于如此不利的地位。所以人们花了大量的努力来绕过愚蠢的法律,不交税。
Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.
许多人对自己短期经验之外的事情知之甚少。他们审视自己——却什么也没发现!因此他们得出的结论是,他们自己之外也没有任何东西。
This music has been around since before the beard on Moses. I happed to do it very well and I happen to have a lot of groovy songs that I know people are going to dig. I know more about it than you do.
这种音乐在摩西的胡子出现之前就已经存在了。我很高兴做得很好,而且我碰巧有很多很棒的歌曲,我知道人们会喜欢的。我知道的比你多。
I have great luck. I'm used to people dying and going away. Not used to it exactly - but I expect it. Like, whenever people go off on a trip, I save their phone messages because I think they might die.
我很幸运。我已经习惯了有人死去,有人离开。我不太习惯——但我希望如此。比如,每当人们出门旅行时,我都会保存他们的手机信息,因为我觉得他们可能会死。
As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future.
作为一个领导者,我对自己很严格,我为每个人提高了标准;然而,我很在乎,因为我想让人们在他们所做的事情上做得更好,这样他们将来就可以立志成为我。
Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality. I put several things and ideas together, and perhaps, when I have finished, it could show the future.
有些人会说我的画展示了一个未来的世界,也许他们是这样说的,但我画的是现实。我把一些东西和想法放在一起,也许,当我完成的时候,它可以显示未来。
I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise.
总经理告诉我,有一个白人球员的工资比我高。因为白人比黑人需要更多的钱来生活。这就是为什么我没有加薪。
People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those reasons don't correspond to organizational goals. So it is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.
人们经常因为对他们来说有意义的原因而抗拒改变,即使这些原因与组织目标不相符。因此,承认、奖励和庆祝成就是至关重要的。
If you can remain true to the people who know you the best and not be sidetracked by the flashing lights and glimmering of the cameras, it's like, just being down-to-earth and just kind of staying real.
如果你能对那些最了解你的人保持真诚,不被闪光灯和照相机的闪光所干扰,那就像脚踏实地,就像保持真实一样。
There's people that are just in awe of what you do, and then there are people who just think it's garbage. And I think there are people who are just uncomfortable seeing someone have fun with their job.
有些人只是对你所做的事情感到敬畏,也有些人只是认为这是垃圾。我认为有些人只是不喜欢看到别人享受工作带来的乐趣。
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People don’t buy what you do; people buy why you do it.
人们不会买你的东西;人们相信你这样做的原因。
People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
看起来那么光荣的人都是显摆出来的;其实他们和其他人没什么不同。
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.
花总是让人更好,更快乐,更有帮助;它们是阳光、食物和灵魂的良药。
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.
当我发现故事书是由人写的,书并不是自然奇观,而是像草一样自己生长出来的时候,我感到既震惊又失望。
There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
没有坏天气这种事,只有软弱的人。
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
最好的管理者是这样的人:他有足够的判断力去挑选好人做他想做的事,并且有足够的自制力在他们做事的时候不去干涉他们。