A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

标准的国际语言不仅要简单、规范、有逻辑,而且要丰富、有创造性。

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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.

永久退休并不难。我当时就知道这是对的。我不再有能力达到我给自己设定的标准,而且前途无量。

War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.

战争是一种骗局。这是唯一一个在国际范围内。这是唯一一种利润以美元计算,而生命损失以美元计算的方法。

I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production.

我有两个不同的学位:一个是国际关系/政治学学位,另一个是广播和电视制作学位。

Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.

语言不仅仅是经验的报告工具,而且是经验的定义框架。

English was such a strange language expressive in so may way, but so bland in others.

英语是一种如此奇怪的语言,表达方式如此随意,但在其他语言中却如此平淡无奇。

When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.

当你和一个好人在一起时,你自己的标准也会提高。