I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine.

  • -- Hugh Laurie 休·劳里

我觉得自己像是命运的人质。我不是在抱怨。我想扮演这个角色。但事实上,我并不认为这部剧会如此成功。好吧,我以为会失败。不是因为它不好。我很有信心它是好的,但是很多好的东西只是在藤上枯萎了。

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But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it does.

但作为一名企业家,你必须感觉自己能从飞机上跳下来,因为你有信心能抓住一只飞过的鸟。这是一种愚蠢的行为,大多数企业家都很生气,因为这只鸟不会飞过来,但也有几次会飞过来。

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

统计数据表明,当客户抱怨时,企业主和管理者应该对此感到兴奋。抱怨的客户代表着更多业务的巨大机会。

When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success.

当我创作音乐的时候,我把自己深深地沉浸在这个过程中,忘记了所有的成功。

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

如果我们没有自己的过错,我们就不会那么乐于抱怨别人。

I'm attracted to guys who are really confident and make conversation.

我喜欢那些非常自信、健谈的男人。

Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success.

外在的失败可能是内在成功的表现形式。