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The biographies and autobiographies are on the whole more impressive than the fiction of the last two decades, but the freakish best sellers among them are least likely to withstand the test of time.

  • -- Harold Acton 阿克顿

总的来说，传记和自传比过去二十年的小说更令人印象深刻，但其中那些怪异的畅销书最不可能经受住时间的考验。

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A tree you pass by every day is just a tree. If you are to closely examine what a tree has and the life a tree has, even the smallest thing can withstand a curiosity, and you can examine whole worlds.

你每天路过的那棵树只是一棵树。如果你仔细观察一棵树所拥有的和它所拥有的生命，即使是最小的东西也能经得起好奇心的考验，你可以观察整个世界。

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I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I was doing what I was doing and nobody understood what I was doing.

我想我是在浪费时间去商业唱片公司为他们做演示，因为别忘了，我在做我在做的事情，没有人理解我在做什么。

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There are certain things that make me relax, like writing my journal. That's the only time that I'm relaxing. It's the only time I really get to examine myself.

有些事情能让我放松，比如写日记。那是我唯一放松的时间。这是我唯一一次真正审视自己。

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Be Humble And Forgiving, It Makes You Resilient. Don't Be Proud, It Makes You Rigid. Remember, Grass Withstands Storms Where Trees Get Uprooted..

保持谦逊和宽容，这会让你更有韧性。不要骄傲，这会让你变得僵硬。记住，草能抵抗风暴，而树木却被连根拔起。

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The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race.

最好的采访就像最好的传记一样，应该歌颂人类的奇特和多样性。

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If inflation-adjusted interest rates decline in a given country, its currency is likely to decline.

如果一个国家经通胀调整后的利率下降，该国货币很可能会贬值。

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I read a lot of biographies and books with an African background.

我读了很多有非洲背景的传记和书籍。

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The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

买家需要一百只眼睛，卖家不需要一只。

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