I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.

  • -- Chris Patten 作者

我认为,如果政治只是为了在重要的位置上占得一席之地,那么这是一项相当没有价值的努力。

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Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.

走不安全、独立的思想者之路。把你的想法暴露在争论的危险中。说出你的想法,不要害怕被贴上“疯子”的标签,而要害怕从众的污名。在你认为重要的问题上,挺身而出,不惜任何代价。

I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to build some kind of lifestyle brand that was preppy and cool.

我很清楚自己想做什么。我想打造一种校园风和酷的生活方式品牌。

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

我认为优雅地变老是一种非常重要的才能。对我来说太晚了。

Nobility without wealth is more worthless than the seaweed which the tide has left.

没有财富的高贵,比海草更没有价值。

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

信念再好也没用,除非它把自己变成行动。

Strategic planning is worthless -- unless there is first a strategic vision.

战略规划毫无价值——除非首先有一个战略愿景。

When the root is worthless, so is the tree.

根无价值时,树也无价值。

My life was pretty rough.

我的生活很艰难。