Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.

  • -- Robert Morgan 罗伯特·摩根

几乎从定义上说,诗歌要求人们注意它的语言和形式。

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If I would get an album out every eight months and if I would write songs that were more up-tempo and try to focus more on making singles, then I could probably get more attention. But I don't think the albums would be very fun to listen to, and it would be a drag for me.

如果我能每八个月出一张专辑,如果我能写一些节奏更快的歌,试着更多地专注于创作单曲,那么我可能会得到更多的关注。但是我不认为这些专辑听起来会很有趣,而且对我来说会是一个累赘。

No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism.

至少在西方世界,没有一种重要的民族语言具有完整的语法结构规律性,也没有一种逻辑范畴在语言象征意义上得到充分而一致的处理。

It's almost like, when someone plays poker for the first time, they might be a professional poker player out of ignorance, just accidentally winning. That was how it felt in my first stand-up appearance.

这就像,当一个人第一次玩扑克时,出于无知,他可能是一个职业扑克玩家,只是偶然赢了。这就是我第一次站起来的感觉。

Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis.

对于一个历史学家的头脑和他的最终声誉来说,过于严格的专业化几乎与过早地沉迷于广泛的概括和综合一样有害。

Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth.

每个人,任其自行其是,都会对语言中发生的事情形成一种与事实相去甚远的看法。

During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.

冬天,我的注意力被天空中星星和行星的变化所吸引。