Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

  • -- Oscar Levant 马刀舞曲

承担任何重大而艰巨任务的人都不能谦虚。

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The big guys choose who they want to fight and they think about history: 'how many times I defended my title.' They try to break a record: 'how long I was there.' But if you look at the pedigree, who they fought, ain't nobody gonna give them credit for it because they fought a lot of people with no experience.

大人物选择他们想要与谁战斗,他们会想到历史:‘我多少次捍卫了我的冠军头衔。他们试图打破一项纪录:“我在那里待了多长时间?”“但是如果你看看他们的血统,他们和谁打过仗,没有人会把功劳归于他们,因为他们和很多没有经验的人打过仗。

So we know that it's not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it.

所以我们知道仅仅鼓励更多的人出国留学是不够的。我们还需要确保他们真的买得起。

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

要测试一个谦虚的人是否谦虚,不要看他是否无视掌声,要看他是否容忍批评。

In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be allowed to own one.

在我看来,任何买得起报纸的人都不应该被允许拥有一份。

I've been directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge.

在过去的几年里,我导演的电影越来越多,我发现这是一个令人愉快的挑战。

This directing thing just sort of fell my way and landed in my lap.

这个指引方向的东西正好落在我的腿上。

I'm not shy. I'm modest, but I'm very outgoing.

我不害羞。我很谦虚,但是我很外向。

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

称许所有人的人,不会称许任何人。