A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
承诺
Promised
Nothing in life is promised except death.
除了死，生命中没有什么是有希望的。
Go for it now. The future is no promised now.
现在就开始吧。现在还不能保证将来。
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
现在就开始吧。未来不属于任何人。
A happy ending was promised, and a happy ending was delivered.
一个幸福的结局被许诺，一个幸福的结局被交付。
I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. I promised me.
我想我说我从来没有答应过任何人是错的。我答应我。
The photograph, for all its promised immortality, always hinted at death.
尽管这张照片被认为是不朽的，但它总是暗示着死亡。
I promised to keep on going but maybe keep on going means coming back first.
我答应会继续下去，但也许继续下去就意味着要先回来。
We were promised a simpler life, and technology has only complicated our lives.
我们被许诺过一种更简单的生活，而科技只会让我们的生活变得更复杂。
God has promised to supply our needs. What we don’t have now we don’t need now.
神应许供应我们的需要。我们现在没有的，我们现在也不需要。
I promised myself I wouldn't work again until I found something that excited me.
我向自己保证，在找到令我兴奋的工作之前，我不会再工作了。
I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.
我通常从那些向别人保证会保守秘密的人那里得到我的东西。
In the hospital, I promised myself that I ever walked again, that I would eat well and swim every day.
在医院里，我向自己保证，我再也不会走路了，我要吃得好，每天游泳。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?
那些没有承诺为降低税收而战斗到底，也没有投票支持那些使减税成为不可能的支出项目的政客，他们在哪里?
A lot of people have been hyped up to be great but just disappeared. I promised myself I wouldn't be one of them.
很多人被夸大成伟大的人，但是他们却消失了。我向自己保证我不会成为他们中的一员。
Today we know that centralization and big bureaucracies have not, as promised, been the answer for promoting better opportunities for society.
今天，我们知道，中央集权和庞大的官僚机构并没有如所承诺的那样，成为促进社会获得更好机会的答案。
Well, we promised our fans that we'd put out records faster, and that's what we're doing. We figured out a way to condense our cycle, so to speak, by... continuing to write, trying to keep the creative ball rolling as often as possible.
嗯，我们向我们的歌迷承诺我们会更快地推出唱片，这就是我们正在做的。我们找到了一种压缩循环的方法，可以说，通过……继续写作，尽可能多地保持创造性。
I always say you've only got one life to live, and you're not promised a tomorrow. So, you might as well just have a good time with it.
我总是说你只有一次生命，你没有被许诺有一个明天。所以，你还是好好享受吧。
I promised to always bring up a glass of water to her before we go to bed, and she promised to never let me dress myself.
我答应在睡觉前总是给她端一杯水，她也答应永远不让我自己穿衣服。