A particularly fine head on a man usually means that he is stupid; particularly deep philosophers are usually shallow thinkers; in literature, talents not much above the average are usually regarded by their contemporaries as geniuses.

  • -- Robert Musil 罗伯特·穆齐尔

一个男人的脑袋特别漂亮通常意味着他很愚蠢;特别深刻的哲学家通常是肤浅的思想家;在文学作品中,不高于平均水平的才能通常被同时代的人视为天才。

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There is an expression, "The world is as you are." I think it means that it can be the same old world, but when we change -- in a more positive way -- that same old world looks better and better.

有句话是这样说的:“世界就是你自己。”我认为这意味着它可以是同样的旧世界,但当我们以一种更积极的方式改变时,同样的旧世界会变得越来越好。

Music is by no means something I was like, 'I'm going to make a career out of this!' It's the only thing I know how to do, so it was more like, 'I hope to God I can make a career out of this!'

音乐绝不是我说的‘我要以此为职业!“这是我唯一会做的事情,所以我更像是在说,‘我希望上帝能让我以此为职业!’”

If we judged everybody by the stupid, unguarded things they blurt out to their nearest and dearest, then we wouldn't ever get anywhere.

如果我们以每个人对他们最亲密的人脱口而出的愚蠢、毫无防备的事情来评判他们,那么我们将永远一事无成。

It's not stupid to want to put on a pretty dress and feel beautiful for a night.

想要穿上一件漂亮的衣服,在一个晚上都感觉自己很漂亮,这并不愚蠢。