I see myself as a citizen of the planet. Even as a child, I always found it mindless to root for your own team. I was puzzled by the fact that people said their own team was better than other teams simply because it was theirs.

  • -- Wallace Shawn 华莱士肖恩

我把自己看作是这个星球的公民。甚至当我还是个孩子的时候,我就发现为自己的团队加油是愚蠢的。人们说他们自己的球队比其他球队好,只是因为这是他们的球队,这让我很困惑。

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The fact that I have such a problem that people... that that has to, you know, be on people's mind, what my personal background is. To me, to be very frank with you, is a totally irrelevant thing.

事实上,我有这样一个问题,人们…你知道,我的个人背景是什么,这必须要引起人们的注意。对我来说,坦白地说,这完全无关紧要。

You know when everyone's watching, your mom and dad, your friends in high school who thought they were better than you. You get your chance to get in the spotlight and shine.

你知道当所有人都在看的时候,你的父母,你高中的朋友,他们认为自己比你优秀。你有机会在聚光灯下闪耀。

What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more.

如果人们愿意倾听那些知道得更多的人的意见,而不仅仅是想从那些拥有更多的人那里得到一些东西,世界将会是多么的不同。

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician.

我父亲教我读音乐和弹钢琴,但并不好,尽管人们说我是一个天生的音乐家。

I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter.

为了弄清这颗彗星的情况,我已经精疲力尽了,现在我对它所知甚少。

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

没有人能给你比你自己更好的建议。