Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.

  • -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿

男人总是向完全陌生的人谈论最重要的事情。在完全陌生的人身上,我们看到的是人自己;神的形象并不是靠像叔叔或怀疑胡子的智慧来伪装的。

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More and more I think of privatisation as being not just about the takeover of resources and power by corporate interests, but as the retreat of citizens to private life and private space, screened from solidarity with strangers and increasingly afraid or even unable to imagine acting in public.

我越来越多地认为,私有化不仅是企业利益对资源和权力的接管,而且是公民退回到私人生活和私人空间,远离与陌生人的团结,越来越害怕甚至无法想象在公共场合采取行动。

One of the things I learned, one of the strangest things, is how to think. There was nothing else to do. I couldn't see people, or go for a walk in the forest. All I had was my head and my books, and I thought a lot.

我学到的一件事,也是最奇怪的一件事,就是如何思考。没有别的事可做。我看不见人,也不能到森林里去散步。我所拥有的只是我的脑袋和我的书,我想了很多。

I got fired when I was a dishwasher at Denny's. That set me back a little bit. You don't realize how important dishwashers are until you do the job.

我在丹尼家洗碗的时候被解雇了这让我有点犹豫。直到你开始工作,你才意识到洗碗机有多重要。

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

你想要的东西很容易得到,只要你先学会不去做你得不到的东西。

Know each other as if your were brothers; negotiate deals as if you were strangers to each other.

像兄弟一样互相了解;像陌生人一样谈判。

When something isn't done, you want to do something about it.

当某事没有完成时,你想做点什么。