A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
决定
Decisions
Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.
尽管我很早就自己做决定了，但在我年轻的时候，我倾向于过度安排自己的生活。
Consider what kind of car you get. Buy cars and other products that have the least impact environmentally.
考虑一下你买的是什么车。购买对环境影响最小的汽车和其他产品。
I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose.
我非常清楚我在生活中选择的道路，也非常清楚我没有选择的道路。
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's somebody doing something because I pushed them in that direction.
如果有一件事是我无法忍受的，那就是有人在做某件事，因为我把他们推向了那个方向。
I differ with myself then agree, like the rock that was broken and cemented together. I change my opinion.
我不同意自己的观点，然后同意自己的观点，就像那块被打碎并被粘合在一起的岩石。我改变了我的观点。
Middle age is when you have a choice of two temptations and choose the one that will get you home earlier.
中年是你在两种诱惑中做出选择的时候，选择能让你早点回家的那个。
Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.
人有不为也，而后可以有为。
Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.
你的问题是在你现在所处的位置和你打算达到的目标之间架起一座桥梁。
One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.
一个人不可能同时走两条路，这是很遗憾的。但我们没有被分配到多个自我。
If you can't even acknowledge that you have to fix Social Security, that's not a very good starting point.
如果你甚至不能承认你必须解决社会保障问题，这不是一个很好的起点。
The only poll obviously that matters is the last one, the one that's counted after all the votes are cast.
显然，唯一重要的投票是最后一次投票，也就是在所有选票投完后才开始统计的那一次。
I agreed on condition that we found a completely new concept that had nothing to do with the latest books.
我同意了，条件是我们发现了一个全新的概念，与最新的书无关。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
必须指导我们的审议、辩论和决定的是理智，而不是激情。
When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.
当你决定沿着某条路走下去时，你应该坚持到底，不要因为个人原因而偏离它。
When you do say Yes, say it quickly. But always take a half hour to say No, so you can understand the other fellow's side.
当你说“是”的时候，说得快一点。但总是要花半个小时说“不”，这样你才能理解对方的立场。
When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.
当你做出正确的决定时，别人怎么想并不重要。
If everybody followed the rules, nothing would ever change. Without change there would be no progress.
如果每个人都遵守规则，什么也不会改变。没有变革就没有进步。
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。