Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

要像太阳或大海一样仁慈,但是如果你作为一个理性存在的权利被牢牢地钉住,那就死在你领土的第一寸土地上。

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Well, for the reasons I mention above, although I am not sure the live shows were really so brilliant - but nobody could hear much so perhaps it did not matter! It was certainly a very exciting time for us all.

好吧,由于我上面提到的原因,虽然我不确定现场表演是否真的那么精彩——但是没有人能听到那么多,也许这并不重要!这对我们所有人来说无疑是一个非常激动人心的时刻。

The memory of oppressed people is one thing that cannot be taken away, and for such people, with such memories, revolt is always an inch below the surface.

被压迫人民的记忆是一件无法消除的东西,对于这样的人来说,有了这样的记忆,反抗总是藏在表面之下。

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.

当你的朋友要求你对他们诚实时,不要相信他们。他们真正想要的是保持对自己的好感。

One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful for the gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me.

我父母教给我的一件事是,永远不要让别人定义我,我也会永远感激这份礼物。

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

你不能让自己感觉一些你感觉不到的东西,但你可以让自己做正确的事,不管你的感觉如何。

States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.

国家不是道德的行动者,而是人,而且可以将道德标准强加给强大的机构。

The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.

分离之所以如此伤人,是因为我们的灵魂是相通的。

I'm not really rebellious. People think I am, but I'm not.

我不是很叛逆。人们认为我是,但我不是。

Delay in justice is injustice.

拖延正义就是不公正。