The Greatest Generation got to save old tires, dig a Victory Garden and forgo sugar. The Richest Generation is being asked to shop.

  • -- Margaret Carlson 玛格丽特·卡尔森

最伟大的一代拯救了旧轮胎,挖了一个胜利花园,放弃了糖。最富有的一代被要求购物。

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Privacy about giving is counterproductive. There is solid scientific research showing that people are more likely to give if they can see that others are giving. The richest people, in particular, should be setting an example.

关于给予的隐私会适得其反。有可靠的科学研究表明,如果人们能看到别人在付出,他们就更有可能付出。尤其是那些最富有的人,应该树立一个榜样。

I also eat fruit instead of drinking juices. That's something I've read up on. I think that if you drink a lot of fruit juice you take in way too much sugar. You'd be better off eating a bunch of strawberries or apples.

我也吃水果而不是喝果汁。那是我读过的东西。我认为如果你喝很多果汁,你就摄入了太多的糖。你最好吃一串草莓或苹果。

I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.

当别人告诉我我不能做某件事,而我认为我能做到的时候,我就会固执己见。这可以追溯到我的童年,那时我在学校遇到了问题,因为我有学习障碍。

I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay.

我反对自然。我一点也不喜欢大自然。我认为自然是非常不自然的。我认为真正自然的东西是梦,是大自然无法触碰的腐朽。

I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, "What for?" I said, "I'm going to buy some sugar."

我去银行借了一杯钱。他们说,“为什么?”我说:“我要去买些糖。”

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

活得最多的人,不是活得最多的人,而是活得最丰富的人。

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!

我声明,毕竟没有什么享受像阅读!一个人对任何事情的厌倦都比厌倦一本书快得多!