To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.

  • -- Richard Whately 理查德·怀特利

老是想着自己的举止并不能使他们变得彬彬有礼;最完美的礼貌就是不为自己着想。

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For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.

对我来说,戏剧是一种写作形式,只有由演员来诠释才能完成。但它仍然是一种写作形式。所以我的大部分时间都花在思考如何写一个句子上。

If you start out trying to achieve a specific thing - like doing stadium shows or going into the studio and doing an album - the end result is what counts.

如果你一开始就想做一件特定的事情,比如去体育场表演,或者去录音室做一张专辑,最终的结果才是最重要的。

It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man.

仅仅为了做一个正派的人,就不得不宣称自己是一个革命者,这是一件可悲而愚蠢的事情。

The worst-tempered people I've ever met were the people who knew they were wrong.

我见过的脾气最坏的人都是那些知道自己错了的人。