It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

  • -- Mark Twain 马克·吐温

我通常要花三个多星期来准备一篇好的即席演讲。

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So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing from the point of view of a principle as broad and important as freedom of speech is that the courts articulate and set forth in a very protective way what those principles are.

因此,有时事实是好的,有时事实是坏的,从像言论自由一样广泛和重要的原则的观点来看,重要的事情是法院以一种非常保护的方式阐明这些原则是什么。

I can analyse the trajectory of my popularity and find out why the peak was a peak and the valley was a valley - grapple with it that way - but I prefer not to analyse it that much.

我可以分析我的人气轨迹,找出为什么顶峰是顶峰,而硅谷是硅谷——用这种方式来解决这个问题——但我更愿意不去分析太多。

They know that the column resonates in the community. They know that people like it, and yet they don't have room for one column once week that consistently got it right.

他们知道这个专栏在社区中引起了共鸣。他们知道人们喜欢它,但是他们没有足够的空间每周写一篇专栏文章,总是写对。

Yes, during the pilot, they gave me a little toy from the shop. It's like three little moose in a boat, paddling. It's very cute. And I got to keep some of the clothes.

是的,在试航期间,他们从商店给了我一个小玩具。就像三只小麋鹿在船上划水。它非常可爱。我还保留了一些衣服。

If I find something I like, I'll chase it and see what comes out the other side. Once a song gets momentum and gets away from you, that's a good sign.

如果我发现我喜欢的东西,我就去追它,看看另一边会发生什么。一旦一首歌势头强劲,远离你,这是一个好迹象。

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

任何两个人之间的差别,都不可能比同一个人、情人和丈夫之间的差别更大。

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.

老年是愤怒的绝佳时机。我的目标是每周至少说或做一件令人发指的事情。

And I usually use myself as a model, posing in front of a mirror as I dab the strokes on the canvas.

我通常以自己为模特,在镜子前摆姿势,轻拍画布上的笔触。

In this business it takes time to be really good - and by that time, you're obsolete.

在这个行业里,要想变得真正优秀需要时间,到那个时候,你就落伍了。

William BlakeYou never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

你永远不知道什么是足够的,除非你知道什么是足够的。

I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.

我不想让三百万人在他们的玉米片上消化我的私人生活。

I'm not very good at creating worlds. I prefer to write about the world as it is.

我不擅长创造世界。我更喜欢写真实的世界。

In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

在艺术中,手永远不能执行高于心所能想象的任何事情。

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

高成就总是发生在高期望的框架下。

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

一个人通常对金钱比对原则更谨慎。

All that schooling never prepares you for the reality of life.

所有的学校教育从来没有让你为现实生活做好准备。

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

言论自由带来了一些倾听的自由。

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

酒淹死的人比海淹死的人还多。

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

我正在准备即席讲话。

The public is always good.

公众总是好的。