I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

  • -- Winston Churchill 温斯顿·丘吉尔

我总是避免事先预言,因为在事情已经发生之后再预言是更好的策略。

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Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.

即使你是即兴创作,你事先知道某些事情会起作用,这一事实会帮助你使即兴创作成功。对音乐结构有一定的了解真的很有帮助。

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful.

我不仅避免提到塞林格,我拒绝去想他。我没有重读他给我的信。这段经历太痛苦了。

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

世界的时尚是避免成本,而你却遇到了它。