A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
人民
People
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
不管怎样,我相信人的内心是善良的。
City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.
城市人对乡村生活的魅力大惊小怪。
There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
没有人能对我说:‘做这个,做那个。’
I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.
我想知道我一生中见过多少人却从未见过。
All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
所有的进步都来自于那些不受欢迎的人。
Some people use power, whilst they are some who let power use them.
有些人使用权力,而有些人却让权力使用他们。
The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.
个人的崇高使命是服务,而不是统治。
In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments.
在录音室里,我总是把人放在不同的乐器上。
What is everywhere, what is always, what is by all people believed.
什么是无处不在的,什么是永远存在的,什么是所有人都相信的。
It's the price of success: people start to think you're omnipotent.
这是成功的代价:人们开始认为你无所不能。
Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice.
大多数人认为,为所欲为只是一个简单的正义问题。
I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.
我认为最使人软弱的是害怕浪费他们的力量。
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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。
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。
It is fun being a strong person. You feel invincible like you can face anything that comes your way. But you know what sucks being one ? Actually, it is really a damn thing because when people know that you are strong, they think that it is okay to hurt you, over and over again.
做一个坚强的人很有趣。你觉得自己所向无敌,就像你能面对任何事情一样。但你知道什么最糟糕吗?事实上,这真的是一件该死的事情,因为当人们知道你很坚强的时候,他们认为伤害你是可以的,一次又一次。
There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.
这些工作中涉及的自我意识比人们可能意识到的要多一些。
I think we're much smarter than we were. Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand there's another purpose to it.
我觉得我们比以前聪明多了。每个人都知道抽象艺术可以是艺术,大多数人知道他们可能不喜欢它,即使他们知道它还有另一个目的。
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
没有人有足够的记忆力成为一个成功的说谎者。