I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.

  • -- Clara Barton 克拉拉巴顿

我几乎完全无视先例,相信会有更好的结果。有人告诉我事情总是这样做,我很生气。我反对先例的暴政。我追求任何可以改变过去的新事物。

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I never answer if someone knocks on my door and only the band and my manager have my phone number. In any case my phone doesn't ring so I never notice it. I occasionally just walk past and pick it up to see if anyone's there.

如果有人敲我的门,而只有乐队和经理有我的电话号码,我从来不接。无论如何,我的电话没有响,所以我从来没有注意到它。我偶尔会走过去捡起来看看有没有人。

If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.

如果你很有天赋,勤勉会使其更加完善;如果你能力一般,勤勉会补足其缺陷。

The key is to keep improving. I'm not there yet. I know I have to keep trying to improve and keep trying to get faster.

关键是要不断改进。我还没到那儿。我知道我必须不断改进,不断加快速度。

After so many changes, I realized I'd better cling to my own family and to what I've got right here.

在经历了这么多的变化之后,我意识到我最好紧紧抓住我自己的家庭和我现在所拥有的一切。

Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.

有时需要回顾过去,才能真正向前迈进,并从中吸取教训。

It does seem fair to give them the option of a better return.

给他们一个更好回报的选择似乎是公平的。