Normal science does not aim at novelties of fact or theory and, when successful, finds none.

  • -- Thomas Kuhn 库恩

正常的科学不以新鲜的事实或理论为目标,一旦成功,就什么也找不到。

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First of all we have to recognize that despite all the problems - and in some cases failures - that this regime has been much more successful, much more resilient, than people had anticipated.

首先,我们必须认识到,尽管存在种种问题,而且在某些情况下还出现了失败,但这一制度比人们预期的要成功得多,更有韧性。

We planted bugs, microphones, in premises which interested us in the West. We weren't too successful - I would have said unfortunately in former years, but I don't care anymore now.

我们在西方感兴趣的地方种了虫子、麦克风。我们不太成功——如果是在前几年,我会很遗憾地说,但现在我不在乎了。

There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.

有一种追求完美的激情,你很少能看到这种激情得到充分的发展;但你可能会注意到,在成功的人生中,它从来不是完全缺乏的。

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

我不认为成功是有害的,正如许多人所说。相反,我认为它对人才是不可或缺的,如果没有别的,只是增加人才。