The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.

  • -- Anna Letitia Barbauld 安娜·莱蒂娅·巴鲍德

伟大心灵最显著的特征就是选择一个重要的目标,并终生追求。

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When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next.

当一家大公司解雇你时,他们通常会给你一年的薪水去“追求梦想”。如果你很愚蠢,你会惊慌失措,然后找另一份工作。如果你很聪明,你就会拿着钱,用时间来想好下一步要做什么。

We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue.

我们必须保护它,可持续地使用它。短期使用资源破坏这个国家的长期遗产不是我们可以奉行的政策。

But having said all of that, that still doesn't account for a lot of the increase in popularity which stems, I think, from Lincoln's personal characteristics.

但是尽管如此,这仍然不能解释为什么受欢迎程度的增加,我认为这是源于林肯的个人特点。

You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be.

你有一个选择。是死是活。每一次呼吸都是一种选择。每一分钟都是一种选择。生存还是毁灭。

This object that we hold in our hands, a book... that tactile pleasure, it's just not going to go away.

我们手里拿的这个东西,一本书……那种触觉上的愉悦,是不会消失的。

At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.

在任何时候,你都有一个选择,要么让你更接近你的精神,要么让你远离它。

If Art relates itself to an Object, it becomes descriptive, divisionist, literary.

如果艺术把自己与一个对象联系起来,它就变成描述性的、区分性的、文学性的。

Good temper and moderation are the characteristics of parliamentary language.

好脾气和温和是议会语言的特点。