Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently.

-- Elias Canetti 伊莱亚斯卡内蒂

词汇不会太老，只有当人们过于频繁地使用相同的词汇时，他们才会显得太老。

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I always used to look at books and wonder how anybody could come up with so many words. But my divorce and then falling in love with somebody else has released in me an ability to write in other ways apart from songs.

我总是看着书，想知道怎么会有人想出这么多单词。但我的离婚以及后来爱上了别人，让我拥有了除写歌以外的其他写作能力。

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Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.

要用嚼环勒住你的舌头。你当在嘴唇前警戒，恐怕你口中的言语，败坏你的平安。多言生后悔，多言生平安。

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You can't have virtue without sin. What I'm after is having my characters' virtues defined by how they operate in a very sinful environment. That's how you test people.

没有罪恶就没有美德。我所追求的是让我的角色在一个罪恶的环境中如何表现自己的美德。这就是测试人的方法。

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Black people have been working hard for decades.

黑人已经努力工作了几十年。

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