A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Ambition
For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.
对于像我这样喜欢竞争的瘾君子来说,高尔夫是一个很好的解决方案,因为每当你认为自己完成了什么事情的时候,高尔夫就会打在你的脸上。对我来说,这已经占据了很多精力和竞争力的篮球。
It's a test of ultimate will The heartbreak climb uphill Got to pick up the pace If you want to stay in the race More than just blind ambition More than just simple greed More than just a finish line Must feed this burning need.
这是一场终极意志的考验,如果你想继续留在比赛中,不仅仅是盲目的野心,不仅仅是单纯的贪婪,不仅仅是终点线必须满足这种强烈的需求,那么让心碎的人爬上山,必须加快步伐。
Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course.
为什么一定要谈政治?这个世界是否有活力,是否有理论能力去做吸引许多人才的事情?绝对的。有没有其他的方式来参与并过一种有趣的生活?当然可以。
My present work concerns the problems connected with the theory of elementary particles, the theory of gravitation and cosmology and I shall be glad if I can manage to make some contribution to these important branches of science.
我目前的工作与基本粒子理论、引力理论和宇宙学有关,如果我能设法对这些重要的科学分支作出一些贡献,我将很高兴。
They told me that they are starting a classic label, and wanted me to be the first artist. So I signed, and am producing myself, and writing my own music, but I'm their first artist on their classic label. And I have creative control.
他们告诉我,他们正在创建一个经典品牌,并希望我成为第一个艺术家。所以我签了名,开始创作自己的音乐,但我是他们经典品牌的第一个艺人。我有创造力。
Where we have the choice between putting a dollar against those that are going to advance horizontal integration and those that are going to sustain current capability, we'd rather put them against the horizontal integration activity.
当我们有两个选择,一是用一美元来对抗那些将推进水平集成的企业,二是那些将维持现有能力的企业时,我们宁愿用它们来对抗水平集成活动。
There are two competing philosophies in 'Wool': one is that people have to live under an iron thumb in order to survive, and the other one is that everyone should live completely freely and happily and everything will sort itself out.
关于“羊毛”,有两种相互竞争的哲学:一种是为了生存,人们必须生活在铁腕之下;另一种是每个人都应该完全自由快乐地生活,一切都会自行解决。
Through this additional support, we must renew our commitment to provide talented young people with the opportunity to build scientific careers based on their curiosity, the same opportunity that was provided to me when I began my work.
通过这种额外的支持,我们必须重申我们的承诺,为有才华的年轻人提供基于他们的好奇心建立科学事业的机会,就像我刚开始工作时一样。
That has to remain the principal reason for doing it, doesn't it? I know it's possible to write for money, and many very good writers have done so. But for me, it has to remain the principal thing that I actually want to do the writing.
这仍然是做这件事的主要原因,不是吗?我知道为了钱而写作是可能的,许多优秀的作家也这样做过。但对我来说,这仍然是我真正想写的东西。
I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
我在这里有一个目的,这个目的就是长成一座山,而不是缩成一粒沙。从今往后,我要竭尽全力成为群峰之巅,发挥我的潜能,直到它乞求怜悯。
Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obstacles. Let us join together to realize the Five Year Plan and bring our economy and our own living standards to previously unknown heights.
让整个共和国对这一将克服一切障碍的计划充满极大的热情。让我们携起手来,共同实现五年计划,把我们的经济和生活水平提高到前所未有的高度。
We were building a - what I thought was a fantastic company. We had great people. We were changing - we were changing the way the marketplace operated. We were creating a market for natural gas and electricity that had never existed before.
我们在建立一个我认为非常棒的公司。我们有很棒的人。我们正在改变——我们正在改变市场运作的方式。我们正在创造一个前所未有的天然气和电力市场。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
要了解一个人的内心和思想,不是看他已经取得了什么,而是看他渴望什么。
There are some people out there who don't wait for what comes next. They decide what should come next and they go and make it happen.
有些人不会等待下一个结果。他们决定接下来该做什么,然后去实现它。
To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
要到达一个港口,我们必须扬帆远航,不能抛锚停泊,不能随波逐流。
We need to ask ourselves what are we here for and what have we worked so hard to be here for.
我们需要问问自己,我们来这里是为了什么,我们这么努力工作是为了什么。
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.
那些想要变得伟大的人,既不应该爱自己,也不应该爱自己的东西,而应该只爱正义的东西,无论是自己做的还是别人做的。
Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.
任何为未来奋斗的人,都活在今天。