The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

生存的斗争不仅存在于物质世界,也存在于精神世界。理论是一种思维,它的生存权与它抵抗竞争对手灭绝的能力是相辅相成的。

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Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.

是啊,我们一出校门就搬起石头砸了自己的脚。一开始经营这家公司的人在我们有多少资本的问题上误导了几乎所有人。他说我们有足够的钱过三年不赚钱的日子,也有足够的钱过三个星期。

You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle.

你不能把自己和超级英雄联系起来,但是你可以和一个真正的男人联系起来,在危机时刻,他会从自己的内心挖掘出一些非凡的品质,并在斗争之后取得胜利。

To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

仅仅对新闻界来说,尽管滥用职权的情况错综复杂,但世界对理性和人道主义战胜错误和压迫所取得的一切胜利应负全责。

Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.

无论右手找到要做的事情是什么,左手都会在手腕上戴一块手表,以显示它需要多长时间。

I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I have been lucky.

我不用挣扎太多。我还没交会费。我想我很幸运。

I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people.

我认为表演可以让你更接近自己,帮助你理解别人。

I think what Calvinism may offer us is that God's in charge of his world.

我认为加尔文主义给我们的启示是上帝掌管着他的世界。

I'm traveling the world, ripping rooms apart with my stupendous comedy.

我在环游世界,用我惊人的喜剧把房间撕成碎片。