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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

  • -- Laurence J. Peter 劳伦斯·彼得

经济学家是专家，他明天就会知道为什么他昨天预测的事情今天没有发生。

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I know that sounds selfish, but you have to look at what it's doing to you personally - are you frustrated because of the way people perceive you, or are you happy enough about the things you've realized about yourself that you can tolerate the way people perceive you?

我知道这听起来很自私，但你必须看看这对你个人有什么影响——你是否因为别人对你的看法而感到沮丧，还是因为你对自己所认识到的事情感到足够快乐，从而能够容忍别人对你的看法?

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I'll have wine or a piece of cake once in a while, but I don't look at it as sliding backwards, even if I go a whole week without working out. I don't dwell on it and beat myself up - I just try to have a healthier day tomorrow.

我偶尔会喝点葡萄酒或吃块蛋糕，但我不认为这是在倒退，即使我整整一周都没有锻炼。我不会沉湎于此，也不会痛打自己——我只是想让明天更健康。

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So you keep raising these taxes, and all of a sudden the business community says, 'Why are we here? We can go someplace else and use their phones.' That's one of the problems that directly affects the business community.

所以你不断提高这些税收，突然间，商界说，‘我们为什么在这里?我们可以去别的地方用他们的手机。这是直接影响商界的问题之一。

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The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.

一个纯粹的集体体系的问题不仅在于它需要经济增长和正确的人口趋势，还在于它阻止人们以负责任的方式思考自己的未来。

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Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies.

今天，成为雄辩典范的不是教室，也不是经典著作，而是广告公司。

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If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet.

如果罗克韦尔和毕加索今天开始他们的职业生涯，他们很可能都是在黑天鹅绒上作画。

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If you have reason to think that yesterday's forecast went wrong, there is no glory in sticking to it.

如果你有理由认为昨天的预测错了，那么坚持预测就没有什么值得骄傲的了。

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Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

任何作家只有在知道自己在做什么以及为什么要做时，才会感到幸福和善良。

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Just like the rainbow after the Rain, A good thing will always happen after you experience pain.

就像雨后的彩虹，美好的事情总是发生在你经历痛苦之后。

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You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.

你可以通过你最喜欢的电影来规划你的生活，没有两个人的地图是相同的。

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I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.

我从来没有预测过。我曾经说过的就是，我们会尽我们所能做到最好。

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I think it's certainly natural to try new things as you grow up and get older!

我认为随着年龄的增长，尝试新事物是很自然的。

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A prime minister must not promise things that can't be fulfilled.

一个首相不应该承诺不能实现的事情。

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Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may be for us and it may not.

昨天已经过去。明天可能属于我们，也可能不属于。

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Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

拖延是赶上昨天的艺术。

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I will ge glad to have done with this life forever.

我很高兴能永远这样度过此生。

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Everything that's meant to happen does.

命中注定的事都会发生。

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Who's to say who's an expert?

谁能说谁是专家?

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I know bugger all about golf.

我对高尔夫球一窍不通。

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