The streets and alleys of the ward were notoriously filthy, and the contractors habitually neglected them, not failing, however, to draw their regular payments from the city treasury.

  • -- Ray Stannard Baker 贝克

病房里的大街小巷都是出了名的肮脏,承包商们习惯性地忽视了他们,然而,他们并没有忘记从市财政中定期支取款项。

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I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly.

我不会做做得不好或不对的工作。事情发生了——事情出了问题,承包商没有通过——但我不想为没有正确地做某件事而负责。

The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human.

一个人的行为习惯上带有他的思想烙印,他就是一个天才,但最伟大的天才并不总是与他自己相等,否则他将不再是人类。

Let's point out the elephant in the room: Actor bands are not notoriously successful enterprises. I can't think of any.

让我们指出房间里的大象:演员乐队并不是出了名的成功企业。我想不出来。

When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets.

当我开始制作自己的专辑时,歌曲变得更加时髦。他们更关注街道。

I didn't have the time to literally write and draw the strip at the same time.

我没有时间一边写一边画。

One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.

当一个人不能用铅笔画画的时候,他必须经常用眼睛画画。

Creative people are notoriously the slowest to adopt new technology.

众所周知,有创造力的人接受新技术的速度最慢。