It's easy enough to get into power. You can make promises and try to be all things to all people. But the moment you have to make decisions, you're going to annoy at least half of them. Whatever you do, in the end you're almost certain to be brought down by your own character traits.

  • -- Robert Harris 罗伯特·哈里斯

获得权力很容易。你可以做出承诺,试着成为所有人的一切。但当你不得不做出决定的时候,你会惹恼至少一半的人。无论你做什么,最终你几乎肯定会被你自己的性格特点打倒。

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The cooperation of navies from around the world promises high tactical value for the ships, aircraft, and divers involved; while demonstrating international resolve in defending maritime security against potential threats.

世界各国海军的合作为参与其中的船只、飞机和潜水员带来了很高的战术价值;同时展示了国际社会捍卫海上安全、抵御潜在威胁的决心。

There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity.

在技术或管理技术方面,没有一项单独的发展能够保证在十年之内在生产力、可靠性和简洁性方面有一个数量级的改进。

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

永远宽恕你的敌人——没有什么比这更让他们恼怒的了。

Hopefully I don't annoy people too much.

希望我没有打扰到大家。