People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections.

  • -- Steven Pinker 史蒂文·平克

今天的人们有时会对似乎与他们的政治假设相冲突的经验主义主张感到不安,这往往是因为他们没有过多考虑这些联系。

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It's the least that someone can do, someone like me that owes so much to this people and to the revolution: study hard, but more than that, defend them under any circumstance.

这是一个人能做的最起码的事情,像我这样的人,对这个民族和这场革命亏欠太多:努力学习,但更重要的是,在任何情况下都要保护他们。

Everything they say about Elvis today is true. He was just one great guy. He wasn't jealous of anyone. I would say Elvis was really someone special when you add it all up.

他们今天所说的关于埃尔维斯的一切都是真的。他只是一个伟大的人。他不嫉妒任何人。如果你把这些都加起来,我会说猫王真的很特别。

What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people?

如果一个人把他的一生都奉献给了担任公职,并试图为他的人民做些什么,那么“政治家”这个词本身就有什么问题?

A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.

一棵从地里长出来的树今天和以前一样好。它不需要采取令人吃惊的新方法。