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Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

  • -- Margaret Chase Smith 玛格丽特·蔡斯·史密斯

道德上的懦弱使我们不敢说出自己的想法，这对这个国家来说就像不负责任的言论一样危险。正确的方法并不总是受欢迎和容易的方法。在不受欢迎的时候坚持正义是对道德品质的真正考验。

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There was endless controversy as to whether the acts of the New Deal did actually move recovery or retard it, and nothing final could ever come of that bitter debate because it is forever impossible to prove what might have happened in place of what did.

关于新政的行为究竟是推动了经济复苏，还是阻碍了经济复苏，一直存在着无休止的争议，而这场激烈的辩论永远不会有任何结果，因为永远不可能证明本来会发生什么，而不是发生了什么。

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Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right.

因此，关于道德多数的争论不仅来自其观点，而且来自其名称——在许多人看来，这似乎意味着只有一套公共政策是道德的，而且只有一种多数可能是正确的。

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I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not had to go back and thoroughly think through everything. You do a lot of soul-searching - 'cause we are not going to win any popularity contests.

我不认识我的一个朋友，他被认为是一个保守的人，他没有回过头来仔细考虑过所有的事情。你做了很多自我反省，因为我们不会赢得任何人气竞赛。

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The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms!

真正爱国主义的概念已经丧失，这个词已经被用在最坏的目的上。一个爱国者,先生!啊，爱国者像蘑菇一样冒出来了!

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They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead.

他们在战争时期是爱国的，因为这符合他们的利益，但在和平时期，他们追随权力和美元，无论走到哪里。

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Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another.

牛津就是牛津:不像剑桥，它不仅仅是年轻人的聚集地。也许它想让它的囚犯爱它，而不是彼此相爱。

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I look for the character to be something interesting, the script to have a good story and be original, and a director that I admire.

我希望角色有趣，剧本有一个好故事，有独创性，还有一个我欣赏的导演。

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The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which makes you lonely.

如果你真的与众不同，那么让你与众不同的必然是让你感到孤独的东西。

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I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character.

我的意思是，很多时间的排练都被其他事情占用了，而不是准备一个角色。

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Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

勇气往往是缺乏洞察力，而怯懦在许多情况下是基于良好的信息。

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What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.

人们说什么，做什么，说什么是完全不同的事情。

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It requires more courage not to fight than to fight.

不战斗比战斗需要更多的勇气。

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