The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

原则的价值在于它能解释的事情的数量。

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In the summer you want fresh, light and sort of quick things; in winter you want things that are comforting, so your body really tells you you want to go towards potatoes, apples, fennel, things that are warm and comforting. And loin of pork.

在夏天,你想要新鲜、轻而快的东西;在冬天,你想要舒服的东西,所以你的身体告诉你,你想要土豆、苹果、茴香,那些温暖舒适的东西。还有猪腰肉。

The rehabilitation of order as a universal principle, however, suggested at the same time that orderliness by itself is not sufficient to account for the nature of organized systems in general or for those created by man in particular.

但是,恢复秩序作为一项普遍原则,同时也表明,秩序本身并不足以说明一般有组织的系统的性质,或特别是人类创造的系统的性质。

Look around, and you see everywhere the exertions and acts of individuals restricted, regulated, or promoted, on the principle of the common welfare.

环顾四周,你会发现,每个人的努力和行为都受到限制,受到规范,或受到促进,都是基于共同福利的原则。

I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.

我发现很难向别人解释你为什么要拍电影。这和谈话不一样。

Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

从不撤退。不要解释。完成任务,让他们嚎啕大哭。

No, it did lots of other things too.

不,它还做了很多其他的事情。