We're competing with everything: the beach, the mall, bookstores. Libraries are in a transition right now, caught between two forces, the old ways and technology. Libraries are under a lot of pressure to provide both.

  • -- John Callahan 约翰·卡拉汉

我们在与一切竞争:海滩、商场、书店。图书馆现在正处于转型之中,夹在两股力量之间,一股是旧的方式,另一股是技术。图书馆承受着提供这两种服务的巨大压力。

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If we intensify our efforts we can have a cloned baby within a year or two, but I don't know whether we can intensify our efforts to that extent. We're not really under pressure to deliver a cloned baby to this world. What we are under pressure to do is to deliver a cloned baby that is a healthy one.

如果我们加强我们的努力,我们可以在一两年内有一个克隆婴儿,但我不知道我们是否可以加强我们的努力到那个程度。我们并不是真的有压力要把克隆婴儿送到这个世界上。我们所面临的压力是要接生一个健康的克隆婴儿。

My niece was very much caught up in the vampire craze for young adults, and she thought having a vampire boyfriend would be a cool thing. What do you do on a first date? The more I thought about it, the more fun I had imagining what you'd serve a vampire for dinner.

我的侄女非常痴迷于对年轻人的吸血鬼狂热,她认为有一个吸血鬼男友会是一件很酷的事情。第一次约会你会做什么?我想得越多,就越觉得想象你会把吸血鬼当晚餐很有趣。

Right now, I don't have the same urges as other women when they see a baby. When I see children, I see responsibilities, which I don't think I'm quite ready for. I feel the same about puppies. They're cute for a second, but there's a lot of responsibility involved.

现在,我不像其他女人看到婴儿时那样有同样的冲动。当我看到孩子的时候,我看到了责任,我觉得我还没有准备好。我对小狗也有同样的感觉。他们有那么一瞬间很可爱,但其中包含了很多责任。

What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall.

过去四年,市政厅一直在关闭娱乐中心和图书馆。我们没有在市政厅照看我们的孩子。

We should burn all libraries and allow to remain only that which everyone knows by heart. A beautiful age of the legend would then begin.

我们应该烧毁所有的图书馆,只保留那些每个人都熟记在心的东西。一个美丽的传奇时代将开始。

Now that I've experienced ageism, I don't regard it as a bad thing. It's been a transition to something more exciting and maybe edgier.

现在我经历了年龄歧视,我不认为这是一件坏事。这是一个过渡到更令人兴奋,也许更边缘的东西。

I actually enjoyed the struggles that we had trying to shape 'Blood', to get the pacing right, the rhythm of it.

事实上,我很享受我们在塑造“血”的过程中所经历的挣扎,为了让节奏和节奏变得正确。

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

每一件负面的事情——压力、挑战——对我来说都是一个提升的机会。

I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit.

有一次我去看心理医生,但是我发现他去算命,所以我就辞职了。

In transition I think the spirit goes somewhere, but I don't think it leaves.

在过渡阶段,我认为灵魂会去某个地方,但我不认为它会离开。