My ideas about time all developed from the realization that if nothing were to change we could not say that time passes. Change is primary, time, if it exists at all, is something we deduce from it.

  • -- Julian Barbour 朱利安·巴伯

我对时间的概念都是从这样一种认识发展而来的:如果什么都不改变,我们就不能说时间流逝了。变化是首要的,时间,如果它存在的话,是我们从中推断出来的。

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My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky; It’s time to take the window to see Leerie going by; For every night at tea-time and before you take your seat, With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.

我的茶快好了,太阳已经离开了天空;该走到窗口去看丽莉了;每天晚上吃茶点的时候,在你坐下来之前,他都提着灯笼和梯子在街上走来走去。

The very best moment of writing 'Swamplandia!' was when I figured out what the ending should be. And even though I changed the prose of it, that realization was an ice cube melting in my chest.

写“沼泽地!”当我知道结局应该是什么时候。尽管我改变了文章的风格,但那种感觉就像一块冰块在我的胸膛里融化。

I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax.

我一直在我的论文和演讲中说,我将继续逐步取消股本税和特许经营税。

One of the primary motivations for the series is that I never really felt that I was a person who could explain verbally what I thought all that well.

这个系列的主要动机之一是,我从来没有真正觉得自己是一个能够很好地用语言解释自己想法的人。

One of the scariest things in life is when you come to the realization that the only thing that can save you, is yourself.

生活中最可怕的事情之一就是当你意识到唯一能救你的就是你自己。

I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.

我不认为这是可耻的承认,有时你的时间可以花在阅读比写作更好。

The techniques I developed for studying turbulence, like weather, also apply to the stock market.

我为研究动荡而开发的技术,比如天气,也适用于股市。

I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young.

我很小的时候就有了很强的自信心。