A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
问题
Problem
The problem with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds.
大多数人的问题是,他们用希望、恐惧或愿望来思考,而不是用头脑来思考。
If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered.
如果你能对一个问题侃侃而谈,就会产生一种令人宽慰的错觉,以为自己已经掌握了这个问题。
The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't.
棒球的经济是一个大问题。大俱乐部赚很多钱,而小俱乐部赚不到。
There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
任何问题都可以通过努力得到改善,任何微不足道的努力都不值得去做。
You know, my problem is I can't say no to people, especially people who want to write me checks to do things.
你知道,我的问题是我不能拒绝别人,尤其是那些想给我开支票的人。
The problem with meeting new people is not that you might not like them, but that you will like them too much.
结识新朋友的问题不是你可能不喜欢他们,而是你会太喜欢他们。
I don't sell enough books to pay for the lawyers, however. And these various problems finally became too much.
不过,我卖的书不够付律师费。这些问题最终变得太多了。
Be part of the solution and answer to the problem versus part of the problem and continuing argument around it.
成为解决方案的一部分,回答问题,而不是继续围绕问题争论。
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
明智的做法是把愤怒指向问题,而不是人;把你的精力集中在答案上,而不是借口。
I am trying to be a good person. I am trying to be myself, and if nobody likes me for me, that is their problem.
我想做一个好人。我努力做我自己,如果没有人因为我而喜欢我,那就是他们的问题。
In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.
在冷战后的狂喜中,有一种错误的观念认为,联合国可以在任何地方解决所有问题。
Maybe that's the problem with being someplace beautiful: it makes it impossible to live anywhere else that's not.
也许这就是美丽的地方存在的问题:它让你不可能生活在其他不美丽的地方。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
I hope we'll be able to solve these problems before we leave.
我希望在我们离开之前能解决这些问题。
Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem.
当你试图解决问题时,不要盯着镜子看。
My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.
我下棋的问题是我所有的棋子都想尽快结束比赛。
I wish i had the common sense to step away from the computer and not send those pointless messages that just caused problems.
我希望我有常识远离电脑,不要发送那些毫无意义的信息,只会造成问题。
The problem is going to be finding the right words and implementing it in a way that is really dealing with people that are inciting and not preventing honest discussion of the underlying causes of this horrendous political situation the world is in now.
问题将是找到正确的措辞,并以一种真正处理煽动而不是阻止人们诚实地讨论世界目前这一可怕政治局势的根本原因的方式来实施它。
Don't fight the problem, decide it.
不要和这个问题作斗争,做决定吧。