No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings.

  • -- Ellsworth Huntington 埃尔斯沃思·亨廷顿

如果不了解地球上的植被,就不可能真正了解世界的任何一部分,因为这不仅决定了动物居民的性质,而且也决定了大多数人的职业。

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I was finding it very difficult to find a label that understood what I wanted to do and really believed that people wanted to hear something honest and a little bit different. So, I did feel a bit like a clown. You're knocking on everyone's door trying to get them to believe what you're doing.

我发现很难找到一个品牌能理解我想做什么,并真正相信人们想听到一些诚实的、有点不同的东西。所以,我觉得自己有点像个小丑。你在敲每个人的门,试图让他们相信你在做什么。

But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.

但当我指挥时,我被附身了,一种我从未完全理解的附身。

My mother was a housewife. My father was a garment worker.

我母亲是个家庭主妇。我父亲是一名服装工人。