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决定
Decisions
But you've got to make choices, and you're not going to be right all the time.
但是你必须做出选择,你不会总是对的。
There is a difference between giving up, and knowing when you have had enough.
放弃和知道自己什么时候已经受够了是有区别的。
The only person your are destined to become... is the person you decide to be.
你命中注定要成为的唯一一个人……是你决定成为的那个人。
Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.
每件事都是你决定要做的事,而不是你必须要做的事。
Whatever you decide, don't let it be because you don't think you have a choice.
无论你做什么决定,都不要因为你认为自己别无选择而让它成为现实。
The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.
最基本的问题不是什么是最好的,而是由谁来决定什么是最好的。
It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.
这是个大问题,所以我不确定我是否会对法拉利说“是”或“不是”。
I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind.
几十年来我一直持自由主义观点,但我相信我已经改变了主意。
You say you want something to happen but you never really do anything about it.
你说你想要某件事发生,但你从来没有真正做过任何事情。
I pondered what I should do and wasn't sure. Then it just finally became clear.
我在考虑我应该做什么,但又不确定。然后一切终于变得明朗起来。
So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person.
所以我认为你必须为正确的理由结婚,并且嫁给正确的人。
Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
拖延总是滋生危险;而拖延一个伟大的设计往往会毁了它。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
提出建议,然后试图逃避我们所说的后果,这太容易了。
It is the small, mundane choices we make every day that cause the biggest difference.
正是我们每天做出的微小而平凡的选择造成了最大的不同。
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.
如果你不知道你要去哪里,你必须非常小心,因为你可能无法到达那里。
Sometimes you have to take a half step back to take two forward.
有时候,你必须后退半步才能前进两步。
There's an alternative. There's always a third way, and it's not a combination of the other two ways. It's a different way.
有一个选择。总有第三种方法,而不是另外两种方法的组合。这是一种不同的方式。
The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.
最好的解决方案往往很简单,但却出人意料。