A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
每当一个人或一个企业决定已经取得了成功,进步就会停止。
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
一幅好的画对我来说就像一个朋友。它陪伴着我,安慰着我,激励着我。
I don't know what drives me, I don't have a clue, but I'm driven more today than I ever have been.
我不知道是什么驱使着我,我也不知道,但我今天比以往任何时候都更有动力。
I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it.
我认为立体主义还没有完全发展起来。它被视为一种风格,被归类,仅此而已。
I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something's wrong with me.
我从来没有结过婚,但是我告诉人们我离婚了,这样他们就不会认为我有什么问题。
The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.
通往自由社会的道路并不简单。我们的历史上有悲剧和辉煌的篇章。
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
很少有人在彼此不爱的时候不为曾经相爱而感到羞耻。
A man who treats his woman like a princess is proof that he has been born and raised in the arms of a queen.
一个男人把他的女人当公主一样对待,这证明他是在女王的怀抱里出生和长大的。
I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while.
我经历过各种健身计划。我以前每天跑五英里,还做过一阵子健美操。
Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
艺术始于反抗——在反抗被克服的那一刻。没有一件人类杰作是不经过巨大劳动就能创造出来的。
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
世界上大多数重要的事情都是由那些在似乎没有任何希望的时候继续努力的人完成的。
A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.
一幅画必须具有产生光的真正力量,很长一段时间以来,我一直有意识地通过光,或者说在光中表达自己。
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I've always been mad about cats.
我一直很喜欢猫。
I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.
我被称为很多东西,但从来没有一个知识分子。
I've always danced. I've always been around it.
我一直跳舞。我一直都在这附近。
We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
我们从小就在学习如何赚钱,买东西,建造东西。整个教育体系的建立是为了教我们如何思考,而不是去感受。
I've always been wary of marriage.
我一直对婚姻持谨慎态度。
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
如果我们自己都不能保守秘密,又怎么能指望别人替我们保守秘密呢?