It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like.

  • -- Maya Lin 林璎

只有在事后你才意识到你的童年是什么样的。

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The fact is that our kids aren't reading books - or frankly, much of anything lately. Schools are under funded, some schools even closing their libraries. Parents have to realize that it's their job, and not the school's job, to get kids into the habit of reading for fun.

事实上,我们的孩子不读书——或者坦白地说,最近什么都不读书。学校资金不足,一些学校甚至关闭了图书馆。家长们必须意识到,让孩子们养成读书取乐的习惯是他们的工作,而不是学校的工作。

We assume from childhood that certain fields of study are closed to us, and it never occurs to us in adulthood to see whether they might not have opened up for us in the interim.

我们从小就认为某些领域的研究对我们来说是封闭的,而在成年后,我们从来没有想过这些领域是否会在这段时间里为我们敞开大门。

That was my childhood. I grew up with the monks, studying Sanskrit and meditating for hours in the morning and hours in the evening, and going once a day to beg for food.

那是我的童年。我和僧侣们一起长大,学习梵语,早晚都要冥想好几个小时,每天去乞讨一次食物。

The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.

随着年龄的增长,我越来越意识到遇到志趣相投的人是多么的罕见。

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

没有自由的生活就像没有灵魂的躯体。

I like TV. It all depends what it is.

我喜欢电视。这完全取决于它是什么。