All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

多年来所有的政治思想都以同样的方式被玷污了。人们只有在符合自己意愿的时候才能预见未来,而最明显的事实在不受欢迎的时候可以被忽略。

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I have always loved to sit in ferry and railroad stations and watch the people, to walk on crowded streets, just walk along among the people, and see their faces, to be among people on street cars and trains and boats.

我一直喜欢坐在渡轮和火车站里,看着人们,走在拥挤的街道上,走在人群中,看着他们的脸,坐在有轨电车、火车和船上,和人们在一起。

It is impossible for our working people to maintain their full strength if they do not succeed in obtaining a sufficient supply of fat, allotted to them on a proper basis.

我们的劳动人民,如果不能获得分配给他们的适当的脂肪供应,就不可能保持他们的全部力量。

My thinking is that if we're going to take from a culture, let's take from a culture that has exemplified success for thousands of years.

我的想法是,如果我们要从一种文化中吸取教训,让我们从一种几千年来一直是成功典范的文化中吸取教训。

Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.

对宇宙的思考现在已经交给了专家们。我们其余的人只是读到它。

I'm floored that the House leadership would turn its back on job creation for Mississippians.

令我震惊的是,众议院领导层竟然对密西西比人创造就业机会置之不理。

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.

许多人以为他是在买快乐,其实他是在把自己卖给快乐。