The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is very different from the psychology of a language which one accepts of one's free will.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

一种语言的心理,以这样或那样的方式,由于无法控制的因素而强加于人,与一种语言的心理是非常不同的,这种语言的心理是一个人接受自己的自由意志。

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Before I got into acting, I was always interested in psychology, which I think is very common with a lot of actors because in a weird way, psychology and acting kind of seem interwoven.

在我进入演艺圈之前,我一直对心理学很感兴趣,我认为这在很多演员身上都很常见,因为心理学和表演以一种奇怪的方式交织在一起。

Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language.

伟大的艺术讲的是每一个聪明人都能理解的语言。今天自称现代主义者的人说的是另一种语言。

Ever since the Greeks, we have been drunk with language! We have made a cage with words and shoved our God inside!

自希腊人以来,我们就沉醉于语言之中!我们用语言做了一个笼子,把我们的上帝塞了进去!

In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.

从某种意义上说,每一种表达形式都是由社会因素,尤其是自己的语言强加于人的。

The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.

在所有的教育因素中,影响最大的是孩子家中的谈话。

There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography.

没有心理学;只有传记和自传。