To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

对于我们自己所作的观察,为了观察者的缘故,我们变得更偏颇了。

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Science is based on the possibility of objectivity, on the possibility of different people checking out for themselves the observations made by others. Without that possibility, there is no empirical principle capable of deciding between different arguments and theories.

科学是建立在客观可能性的基础上的,是建立在不同的人自己检验别人的观察结果的可能性上的。没有这种可能性,就没有能够在不同的论点和理论之间做出决定的经验主义原则。

We are in the entertainment business and we all know if you are top of the tree you get the big money. Those of us who have been in it are the fortunate ones but we understand that we probably don't deserve it as much as the nurses or teachers.

我们从事娱乐业,我们都知道,如果你是公司的高层,你就能赚大钱。我们中的一些人是幸运的,但我们知道,我们可能不值得像护士或老师那样多。

The more I grow as an artist, the more I think I become like my father as an artist. The more I diversify, the more I become like my father, which is true to who he was.

作为一个艺术家,我成长得越快,我就越觉得自己像我的父亲。我越多样化,我就越像我的父亲,这是真实的他。

I see myself playing as long as I am partially enjoying the game and partially successful and they are paying me. But honestly, two more years is about all I can take.

我认为只要我部分享受比赛,部分成功,而且他们付钱给我,我就能踢球。但说实话,我只能再干两年。

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

当我们对自己许了很大的希望时,我们很快就会发现,我们得到的只是限制和排斥。

I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too.

我想补充一点,随着年龄的增长,你作为一个人也会发生变化,所以你作为一个作家也会发生变化。

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.

当观察迫使我们改变我们的先入之见时,科学进步得最好。

Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.

我的每一部电影都更容易起步。

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

国家就像人一样,是由人的性格发展而来的。