I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.

  • -- Richard J. Needham 理查德·J·尼达姆

我曾经因为腐败而看不起这个世界,但现在我却因为腐败的绝对壮丽而崇拜它。

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I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.

我为我的国家的自由而哭泣,当我看到在这个成功的试验的早期,腐败已被归咎于许多众议院议员,人民的权利已被用来换取执政的承诺。

Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul.

与事实的粗暴接触很快就把我的幻想和梦想赶跑了,取而代之的是社会的恐怖、腐败、邪恶和虚伪。

Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule.

再一次,我们拒绝大多数自助出版的书籍,除非它们有特殊的记录。然而,我们只接受了一小部分,并以不错的价格卖给了主要出版商。但这是一个例外。

We're going to be treated very poorly, I think that goes with the territory, and you have to get over it, get beyond it and know who you are among your peers and especially among your family when you look in the mirror.

我们将会受到很差的对待,我认为这是一个领域,你必须克服它,超越它,当你照镜子的时候,要知道你在你的同龄人中是谁,尤其是在你的家人中是谁。

Look, I think if you talk down to a kid or aim specifically at a kid, most kids aren't gonna like it, really, because most kids can feel when you are being patronizing.

听着,我觉得如果你居高临下地对一个孩子说话或者特别针对一个孩子,大多数孩子不会喜欢的,真的,因为大多数孩子都能感觉到你在居高临下。

My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.

我的训练是跑下来的飞球,偷垒,或为我的生活在足球场上奔跑。

All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.

所有的野生动物都有它们应有的用途。只有误用才会使它们变得邪恶。

One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.

一羊生疮,群羊遭殃。