We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

  • -- Alexis de Tocqueville 托克维尔

我们成功的企业,需要我们所拥有的积极的品质,但我们在那些也可以利用我们的缺点。

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When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

当我们诚实地问自己生命中谁对我们最重要时,我们常常发现,是那些人,他们没有给出建议、解决方案或治愈方法,而是选择与我们分享痛苦,用温暖而温柔的手触摸我们的伤口。

It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra's collective qualities emerge.

它必须能够以每一种风格最大限度地表达和交流,而你能做到这一点的唯一方法,就像威尔第所说的那样,每天一点点地处理一个文件,直到乐队的集体品质显现出来。

For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

对我来说,最大的障碍从来不是在冰上。这是我擅长的领域。这就是我的激情所在。我认为我们都在努力推动自己,克服我们的斗争。当我们这样做的时候,我们会更好地了解自己。

We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.

我们相信一些基本的人类原则——每个人都应该有机会,不仅仅是生存,而是超越上帝赋予他们的天赋和能力。这些价值观应该反映在我们的预算中。

To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm.

如果我们相信自己拥有知识和力量,能够完全按照自己的喜好来塑造社会的进程,而实际上我们并不拥有这些知识,那么我们很可能会受到很大的伤害。

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

现代艺术史也是一部艺术受众逐步流失的历史。艺术越来越受到艺术家的关注和公众的困惑。

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

教育,n。诗歌向智慧人显明自己无知的,向愚昧人隐藏自己无知的。

If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.

如果我们没有缺点,我们就不会为那些与我们交往的人的缺点而烦恼。

The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.

创造性的本质在于它的新颖性,因此我们没有判断它的标准。

Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible.

员工是最好的约会对象。你不必把它们捡起来,而且它们总是可以免税的。

I used to think that driving, sleepless, ambitious labor was what you needed to succeed.

我曾经认为,要想成功,你需要驾驶,不眠不休,雄心勃勃的劳动。

When the dripping continues it succeeds in piercing the hardest stone.

滴水穿石,能把最坚硬的石头打穿。

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

未来属于那些相信梦想之美的人。

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

各人要随自己的志气行事,谁能逃脱鞭打呢?

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

一个人在远处看到品质,在近处看到缺陷。

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.

舌头是唯一随着使用而变得锋利的工具。

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

不信任任何需要新衣服的企业。

I also like Western classical music and jazz.

我也喜欢西方古典音乐和爵士乐。

Physical qualities don't really matter much.

身体素质并不重要。

Supply always comes on the heels of demand.

供应总是紧跟着需求而来。

Make your life a story worth telling.

让你的生活成为一个值得讲述的故事。

Now is the winter of our discontent.

现在是我们不满的冬天。