The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

今天的偶像把昨天的英雄从我们的记忆中推开;反过来,他也将被明天的继任者所取代。

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I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me.

我不会拿自己和以前的偶像选手相比,因为我觉得自己和他们都不一样。也许故事很酷,但我的故事不同于大多数人的故事。我不喜欢和别人比较,我喜欢做我自己。

I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law the prejudices or errors of today.

我反对在建造桥梁时制定应遵守的规则或条件,以免明天的进步由于把今天的偏见或错误记录或登记为法律而受到尴尬或束缚。

It is an absolutely unique success of the church community to have introduced such an epoch-making change, in just a few years, without having a serious division.

教会在短短几年内,在没有严重分裂的情况下,推行了这样一项划时代的改革,这绝对是教会的独特成功。

Simple logic to lead a happy life: Don't cry for what happened yesterday, don't fear what happens today, don't except anything from tomorrow.

幸福生活的简单逻辑:不要为昨天的事哭泣,不要害怕今天的事,不要为明天的事担忧。

There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.

没有关于如何处理成功的指导手册,所以你只能依靠好朋友和一个好的团队。

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

人们对自由有一种热情,这种热情使人的天性在勇敢和英勇的行为中超越自我。

They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.

他们把我当作一个青少年偶像来推销,而唱片上的东西并不是青少年偶像当时在做什么。

Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time.

与今天的工资相比,我们的削减幅度很小,但在当时是非常好的。

I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.

我不需要继任者,只愿意亲手接过新一代的火炬。

Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

回忆过去的事情并不一定是回忆过去的事情。

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

英雄是把自己的生命奉献给比自己更伟大的事情的人。

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

我主要的记忆是为了吃饭我不得不做的工作。

Nobody got where they are today by living for tomorrow.

没有人为明天而活,才会有今天的成就。