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A public is a necessary fiction.

  • -- Rowan D. Williams 罗文·D·威廉姆斯

公众是必要的虚构。

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It is, of course, necessary to have rules and procedures if we wish to accomplish large and complex tasks, but the question of whether or not it is worth the cost must be perennially re-examined.

当然，如果我们希望完成大而复杂的任务，就必须有规则和程序，但是必须不断地重新审查这笔费用是否值得的问题。

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I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.

我仍然持一种相当老式的观点，认为这是我的工作，而且是在公共场所进行的，但这并不意味着每个人都有权在来这里之前知道在家里发生了什么。

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To condescend effectively it is clearly necessary to adhere to a narrow definition of relevant data.

为了有效地屈尊俯就，显然有必要坚持对相关数据的狭隘定义。

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Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes.

小说和非小说，对我来说，包含了非常不同的过程。

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His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction.

他的理论是，非小说可以像小说一样巧妙。

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Wishful thinking is not sound public policy.

一厢情愿的想法不是明智的公共政策。

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