What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring.

  • -- Ian McEwan 伊恩·麦克尤恩

我发现并向自己证实的是,歌剧真的很喜欢鲜艳的色彩,你需要一些大胆、野蛮、不可预测、充满激情的东西。你不可能围绕着一些无声的窃窃私语上演一部两小时的歌剧。

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The man is distinguished from the youth by the fact that he takes the world as it is, instead of everywhere fancying it amiss and wanting to improve it, i.e. model it after his ideal; in him the view that one must deal with the world according to his interest, not according to his ideals, becomes confirmed.

人之所以不同于年轻人,是因为他实事求是,而不是到处去想事情不对,想改进它,也就是说,按照自己的理想去塑造它;在他看来,一个人必须根据他的兴趣,而不是根据他的理想来处理这个世界的观点得到了证实。

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions.

在高中,我发现了自己。我对种族关系和法律职业感兴趣。我读过关于林肯的书,他认为法律是最难的职业。

One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you.

第一,如果你攻击我的正直,我将捍卫自己。如果你攻击我的爱国主义,我将捍卫我自己。如果你来追杀我的家人,我会恶毒地反击,我会毁了你。

Measurements, observations, descriptions can only be considered scientific when they are independently confirmed by other people.

只有当测量、观察和描述得到他人的独立确认时,才能被认为是科学的。

I give myself to adjectives body and soul, I die with pleasure for them.

我献身于形容词的躯体和灵魂,我为它们快乐地死去。

We've discovered that the less we do, the more money we make.

我们发现,我们做的越少,赚的钱就越多。