It was all a back-handed blessing, and my friends were the ones who kept the faith, read my work, and urged me to submit it to publishers (by sending it out for me - they would not hear no for an answer.

  • -- Leslie Banks 莱斯利·班克斯

这一切都是背信弃义的祝福,而我的朋友们是那些坚守信仰的人,他们阅读我的作品,敦促我把它提交给出版商(把它寄给我——他们不愿听到一个“不”的回答。

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When you're kept by a patron you don't have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that's a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you.

当你被赞助人养着的时候,你就不用在媒体市场上为了钱和读者而竞争了。在某种程度上,这是一件好事,因为它能帮你减轻很多压力。

All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors.

我们所享受的所有祝福都是神圣的储备,在这种情况下,我们将把它们托付给我们的信任,为了我们的邻居的利益而分发出去。

The question "Who ought to be boss" is like asking "Who ought to be tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.

“谁应该是老大”这个问题就像问“谁应该是四重奏中的男高音”一样。很明显,他会唱男高音。

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

反对这样的言论需要一颗坚强的心,但我敦促我的人民保持安静,不要发动战争。

I go in and sing the song and arrange it and mix it and that's it. It's no different than playing in clubs.

我进去唱这首歌,把它整理好,混合好,就这样。这和在俱乐部踢球没什么不同。

Tweeting is like sending out cool telegrams to your friends once a week.

推特就像每周给你的朋友发一封很酷的电报。