I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's work on their own, who help in the ghettos, but as far as the institution of the church is concerned, I think it is despicable.

  • -- Frank McCourt 弗兰克·迈考特

我钦佩一些神父和修女,他们独自去做上帝的工作,在贫民区提供帮助,但就教会的制度而言,我认为这是卑鄙的。

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The whole notion of journalism being an institution whose fundamental purpose is to educate and inform and even, one might say, elevate, has altered under commercial pressure, perhaps, into a different kind of purpose, which is to divert and distract and entertain.

新闻机构的根本目的是教育和提供信息,甚至有人可能会说,是提高新闻水平。但在商业压力下,新闻机构的整个理念或许已经转变为另一种目的,那就是转移人们的注意力和娱乐。

Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people and thereby violated the laws of nature.

婚姻是一种与自然法则完美和谐的制度;而奴隶制和种族隔离制度的目的是残酷地压迫人民,从而违反自然法则。

Generally, we admire the thing we are not.

一般来说,我们欣赏我们不是的东西。

The actors I admire are character actors.

我欣赏的演员都是性格演员。