A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
地方
Place
Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars.
几乎每年，国会都会通过另一项犯罪法案——花费数十亿美元建造更多的监狱，为社会伤疤贴上更多的创可贴。
We want to be a place where, and when there's no place else, you can turn us on and know that He's there, He cares, and He's going to do something about it.
我们想成为一个地方，当没有其他地方的时候，你可以打开我们的开关，知道他在那里，他在乎，他会为此做些什么。
There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.
在政治体系中，没有什么地方适合一个独立的、有创造力的人，一个斗士。任何扮演这一角色的人都必须付出代价。
I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.
我总是说这是关于打破规则。但是，以一种有效的方式打破规则的秘密在于，首先要理解规则是什么。
Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches.
也许根本就没有所谓的地狱。也许地狱就是当我们的祖父母吃三明治的时候不得不听他们用鼻子呼吸。
I think all of those things, but certainly the booze really brought out the really unreasonable side of me, and I just didn't want to revisit that place again.
所有这些我都想过，但毫无疑问，酒精让我暴露了自己不可理喻的一面，我只是不想再去那个地方了。
There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music's sake.
有一个更高的地方，我没有幻想达到。作曲家只为了音乐而写作，这是一种老练和审美。
These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like.
现在有很多人只想出名。我认为这来自一个幼稚的地方，因为那些人通常不知道这是什么样子。
There are only a few places that I go where people recognize me anyway. I have to be at the right place, in the right city. It's not really that much of an issue.
无论如何，我只去了几个人们能认出我的地方。我必须在对的地方，对的城市。这并不是什么大问题。
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
几乎每个有想法的人都会把它发展到看起来不可能的程度，然后他就会泄气。这不是气馁的地方。
I can relate to historical characters or imaginary ones. It doesn't matter if a story takes place in the future or in the present, as long as the story is compelling.
我能联想到历史人物或虚构人物。故事发生在未来还是现在并不重要，只要故事引人入胜。
All the times being like, 'Who rented this car and why are we going to this place?' You take the easy route and go, 'Oh, thanks for the champagne. I'll have another.'
一直在想，‘谁租了这辆车，我们为什么要去这个地方?“你走简单的路，然后说，‘哦，谢谢你的香槟。我有另一个。”
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.
每个记者都有一本小说，这是写小说的好地方。
Once the Mass is restored to its rightful place, we will again see choirs being developed.
一旦弥撒恢复到应有的位置，我们将再次看到唱诗班得到发展。
I think everything belongs in a certain place, for kids who feel they don't belong anywhere. A museum is an institution like a library where everything has a place, everything belongs.
我认为所有的东西都应该放在一个特定的地方，对于那些觉得自己不属于任何地方的孩子来说。博物馆是一个像图书馆一样的机构，在那里所有的东西都有一个地方，所有的东西都属于它。
Old age is no place for sissies.
年老不是娘娘腔的地方。
There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.
现在空气中有这么多的污染，如果没有我们的肺，就没有地方把这些都放进去。
For a lot of people, the weekly paycheck is "take-home pay" because home is the only place they can afford to go with it.
对很多人来说，每周的工资是“带回家的工资”，因为家是他们唯一能负担得起的地方。