I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don't laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that's not real laughter.

  • -- Steve Martin 史蒂夫·马丁

我意识到当时的喜剧演员都是靠笑话和妙语来表演的。当你说到笑点的时候,观众要么真诚地笑,要么自动地笑,要么不笑。使我烦恼的是那种不由自主的笑声。我说,那不是真正的笑。

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It is clear that every immediate object of our senses both exists and is real in the primary meaning of these terms so long as we remain aware of the object.

很明显,我们感官的每一个直接的对象,只要我们还意识到这个对象,在这些术语的主要意义上,都是存在的,并且是真实的。

You worked every day to earn what's on the table, literally. It was a week-to-week thing. And I wouldn't change it. I would not change it for anything.

你每天都在工作,就是为了赚钱。这是一件周复一周的事情。我不会改变它。我无论如何也不会改变它。

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

你能给我的最高的赞美就是,我每天都努力工作,从不偷懒。

Real estate is my life. It is my day job, if you will. But it consumes my nights and weekends, too.

房地产是我的生命。如果你愿意,这是我的日常工作。但它也消耗了我的夜晚和周末。