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Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.

  • -- William Ewart Gladstone 威廉·尤尔特·格莱斯顿

对于诗人来说，平庸现在和从前一样，是危险的，通常是致命的;但是，即使是成功的散文作家，那些理智地超越它的人也是非常罕见的例外。

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My priority is to turn people - especially kids - on to sports and being active so they don't even have to think about it being good for their health. If people participate for the fun of it, and believe me - it is fun, then fitness programs will be much more successful.

我的首要任务是让人们——尤其是孩子们——参与体育运动，保持活跃，这样他们就不用担心运动对他们的健康有好处。如果人们参与健身是为了乐趣，相信我——这很有趣，那么健身项目将会更成功。

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When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you.

当你这么成功的时候，事情就有了动力，到了一定的程度，你就不知道是你创造了动力，还是它在创造你。

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Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way.

没有什么比平庸更被认可的了，大多数人已经确立了平庸，并且对任何超越平庸的东西都咬牙切齿。

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I can inhabit any character in a way that is difficult to do successfully in a contemporary novel.

我可以以一种在当代小说中难以成功塑造的方式塑造任何角色。

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The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

成功的阶梯从不拥挤在顶端。

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In the republic of mediocrity genius is dangerous.

在平庸的共和国里，天才是危险的。

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