A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands.

  • -- Edwin Louis Cole 埃德温·路易斯·科尔

绝食不是绝食。禁食服从神的命令。绝食抗议使上帝屈服于我们的要求。

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You have this disturbing reality that there are a lot of people who would rather say, 'I'm on strike' than 'I'm unemployed.' And those are the people who vote for strikes.

有一个令人不安的事实,很多人宁愿说“我在罢工”,也不愿说“我失业了”。这些人投票支持罢工。

Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.

饥饿、报复、睡觉都是小敌人,但只有死亡才能使嫉妒的眼睛闭上。

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

我凭借自己对英语的熟练掌握,什么也没说。

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

指挥就是服务,不多也不少。