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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Listening to what people were saying wasn't even important. But it was important to look as if you were listening to what people were saying. Actually, listening to what people are saying, to me, interferes with looking as if you were listening to what people are saying.

听别人说什么甚至不重要。但重要的是要让自己看起来像是在听别人说话。实际上,在我看来,听别人说话会妨碍你看起来像在听别人说话一样。

For this reason, strangers are not really conceived as individuals, but as strangers of a particular type: the element of distance is no less general in regard to them than the element of nearness.

因此,陌生人并不是真正的个人,而是一种特殊类型的陌生人:对他们来说,距离的因素和亲近的因素一样普遍。

Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed.

有时候你做了某件事,然后你就完蛋了。有时候是你没做的事情,你被搞砸了。

One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.

在教学、指挥和表演中,最重要的因素之一就是倾听。

There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in.

皇后乐队的专辑中有很多你意想不到的东西;这就是我们把它们扔进去的原因。

It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way.

这是一个奇怪的世界。让我们保持这种状态。