In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

  • -- Mark Twain 马克·吐温

首先,上帝创造了傻瓜。那是练习。然后他制作了校董会。

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Because after my first year I had a lot of success, took everybody by storm, came back the next year thought it was easy and didn't have near the season I had the previous year. It was kind of a wake-up call. And so, life goes on.

因为在第一年我取得了很大的成功,让所有人都为之震惊,第二年我回来的时候觉得这很容易,没有像前一年那样接近赛季。这是一个警钟。生活就这样继续着。

As a planning board commissioner, I have to review the applications for development throughout the city, and the bulk of those applications have been for the waterfront. I think the progress the waterfront has made is amazing.

作为规划委员会委员,我必须检讨整个城市的发展申请,而大部分申请都是有关海傍的。我认为海滨的进步是惊人的。

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

在每个人的生活中,总有那么一段时间,我们内心的火焰熄灭了。然后,它会因为与另一个人的相遇而燃烧起来。我们都应该感谢那些重新点燃内在精神的人。

The child now shewed her a narrow and rugged descent, made by cutting the red clay and stones, of which the cliffs are here composed, into a sort of rude steps.

那孩子现在指给她看一条又窄又崎岖的下坡路,这条路是把悬崖上的红土和石块凿成一种粗糙的台阶而下的。

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.

只有一件事会在潜意识里出现:重复的应用——练习。你的实践就是你的显现。

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

人们从一个野心上升到另一个野心:首先,他们寻求保护自己不受攻击,然后他们攻击别人。

It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots.

做这张专辑,然后让那些没有音乐天赋的白痴把它拍下来,这对我来说真是当头一棒。

Working with UNICEF made me grow up and recognize how fortunate I am.

与联合国儿童基金会的合作让我长大,让我认识到自己是多么的幸运。

I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school.

我有很多老师讨厌我。我在学校成绩不好。

I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place.

我不会在不止一个地方使用相同的颜色。

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.

所有的人都赞扬耐心,尽管很少有人愿意实践它。

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

一般来说,永远不要把形式置于内容之上。

I was a good student, but I didn't like school.

我是一个好学生,但我不喜欢学校。

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

只有傻瓜才拒绝改变主意。

Jazz was my first love.

爵士乐是我的初恋。