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The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

  • -- Jonathan Swift 乔纳森·斯威夫特

通过削减我们的欲望来满足我们的需求，这种坚忍的计划就像当我们想要鞋子的时候砍掉我们的脚一样。

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I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.

我认为在我们这个时代，我们得到的很多信息都是预极化的。小说有一种方式提醒我们，我们实际上在情感、神经、欲望和恐惧方面是非常相似的，所以我认为这是一种很好的方式来消除这种两极分化。

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I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem.

我个人认为，在我们的经济起飞之前，我们不应该增加税收或削减开支，无论是哪一个。我会付更多的钱，但这解决不了问题。

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If you manage to stop the timber industry from cutting this forest, they'll cut that forest. If you stop oil drilling here, they'll go drill there.

如果你设法阻止木材工业砍伐这片森林，他们就会砍伐那片森林。如果你停止在这里开采石油，他们就会到那里去开采。

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To manifest your hearts desires you must BE what your heart desires.

要表达你内心的渴望，你必须成为你内心渴望的人。

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