There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

当人们凭感觉行事时,他们的激情是有界限的;但当他们受到想象的影响时,就没有了。

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Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior.

就在这个时候,在想象中我是一个伟大的战士,在现实生活中,我很好地利用了更多的力量,因为我不再被护士带到学校,而是让我自己来保护我的弟弟,我的弟弟比我小两岁。

I think I'm a really good partner and very sensitive to the other person's feelings. I want somebody else to be comfortable, to understand about my job, and if they want to come on a set and see me work, they always can.

我认为我是一个非常好的伴侣,对他人的感受非常敏感。我想让其他人感到舒服,理解我的工作,如果他们想要来片场看我工作,他们总是可以的。

Fashion is so close in revealing a person's inner feelings and everybody seems to hate to lay claim to vanity so people tend to push it away. It's really too close to the quick of the soul.

时尚是如此接近于揭示一个人的内心感受,似乎每个人都讨厌声称自己的虚荣心,所以人们往往把它推开。它真的太接近灵魂的速度了。

Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice.

在政治这把大伞下,一个人就像大海中的一片叶子,没有自己的命运,没有任何选择。

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything God like about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything

想象力是勇敢的声音。如果上帝有什么像上帝的地方,那就是它。他敢于想象一切

Everybody, sooner or later, will have to go under the knife. Let's hope they make out as well as I did.

每个人迟早都得动手术。希望他们能像我一样亲热。