The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

  • -- Hendrik Willem van Loon 亨德里克·威廉·房龙

艺术比股市或国会辩论更能反映我们这个世界正在发生的事情。

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I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I believe that I have a unique, dual perspective. To sidestep any biases I might have, I use the objective lens of the stock market to discover which policies actually delivered prosperity to emerging markets.

我出生在牙买加,但在著名的第一世界学府接受教育,现在在那里工作,所以我相信我有一个独特的、双重的视角。为了避免我可能存在的任何偏见,我利用股市的客观视角,来发现哪些政策实际上给新兴市场带来了繁荣。

People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair.

人们认为,因为这是摄影,它不值得那么多,因为这是一个女艺术家,你仍然没有得到那么多-仍然肯定有这样的事情发生。说到男性画家和艺术家,我想我还是很有竞争力的。我仍然认为这很不公平。

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

在每个人的生活中,总有那么一段时间,我们内心的火焰熄灭了。然后,它会因为与另一个人的相遇而燃烧起来。我们都应该感谢那些重新点燃内在精神的人。

The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations; sometimes its artistic value is as extraordinary as its archaeological interest, but not always.

全世界都知道有大量的史诗材料散布在各个国家;有时,它的艺术价值和考古价值一样非同寻常,但并非总是如此。

The best thing about the Congress is that it is the last place where you can have face-to-face interviews and interaction with the newsmakers themselves.

大会最棒的地方是,它是你最后一个可以面对面采访和与新闻人物互动的地方。

For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.

看戏需要长胳膊;留太长总比留太短好。一个短胳膊的艺人永远不能,永远不能做出漂亮的手势。

If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.

如果我能通过帮助企业发展在私营部门创造一个就业机会,那将比国会在过去六个月创造的就业机会还要多一个。

Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.

时间带着医院里无穷无尽的麻醉品托盘向我们冲来,尽管它正在为它不可避免的致命手术做准备。

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.

这个世界组织在一个房间里就裁军问题进行辩论,在另一个房间里又调动使国家军备成为当务之急的骑士和卒子。

My topics are timely. When an event is happening is when I want to be there... I think it is our duty to challenge the status quo.

我的话题很及时。当一件事发生的时候,就是我想去的时候……我认为挑战现状是我们的责任。

If your house has been on the market for more than four months, take it off the market and re-list it in two months as 'new.'

如果你的房子已经在市场上卖了四个多月了,那就把它从市场上拿下来,两个月后把它重新列为“新房子”。

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.

突然的分辨率,就像气压计中汞的突然上升一样,只能表明天气的变化。

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

我宁愿娱乐并希望人们学到一些东西,而不是教育人们并希望他们得到娱乐。

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of the elite.

在欧洲,从事艺术的人被认为是知识界的一部分;他们被认为是精英的一部分。

I have learnt how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.

我学会了如何生活,如何活在这个世界上,活在这个世界上,而不仅仅是袖手旁观。

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving something behind.

每个人都有权利来到这个世界,离开这个世界而不留下一些东西。

There'll be no oiling up with this band. The oil has been there for years and it only gets better.

这支乐队不用加油了。那里的石油已经存在多年,而且只会变得更好。

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

气压计,n。字体这是一种巧妙的仪器,能显示我们现在的天气状况。

William BlakeYou never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

你永远不知道什么是足够的,除非你知道什么是足够的。

There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.

艺术有两种主要的原罪,其他的罪都是由这两种原罪引起的:急躁和懒惰。

The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them.

辩论的目的是探讨问题,而不是结束问题。

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

这个世界只是我们想象的一块画布。

You can do too much and oversell your market.

你可以做得太多,过度销售你的市场。

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

理解就是原谅,甚至原谅自己。