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Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

语言就像金钱，没有了它，就可能存在特定的相对价值，并被人们所感知，但不能被归结为一个共同的分母。

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You never make all things for all people and can't always pander to the broadest denominator. I keep an eye toward doing the themes that interest me. Do they move me? Interest me? Make me think? When I run across something that is provocative in an unsettling way, it appeals to me.

你永远不可能为所有人创造所有的东西，也不可能总是迎合最广泛的需求。我留意做我感兴趣的主题。他们会移动我吗?感兴趣我?让我看?当我遇到一些挑衅性的、令人不安的东西时，它会吸引我。

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Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he seeks out that advice because he's not too cool or too uncomfortable to ask for it.

迈耶和我有一些共同之处，因为我们都是左撇子。我认为他能寻求这样的建议很好，因为他不太酷，也不太不舒服，不会去要求。

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Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.

你知道为什么语言会在我的作品中表现出来吗?因为我知道注意力持续时间短。

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The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

所有拉美裔人的共同点是，我们希望得到一些尊重。这就是我们所有人奋斗的目标。

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The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.

我语言的极限就是我思想的极限。我所知道的就是我的语言。

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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

智慧不变的标志是在平凡中看到奇迹。

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