It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only they could be seized.

  • -- Asa Gray ASA灰色

人们想当然地认为每一种生物都是独特的植物或动物;这两者之间存在着真实而深刻的差异,只要能抓住它们就好了。

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I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.

我很幸运,我能从表演中谋生,这是我喜欢的,我得到的关注程度有时是我自己的错,有时不是。

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

没有历史;它不拥有巨大的财富,也不打仗。这一切都是男人干的,真实的,活生生的。

Well the way we perceive accuracy and what accuracy is statistically are really two different things.

我们感知准确性的方式和统计上的准确性是两码事。

I know two kinds of audiences only - one coughing, and one not coughing.

我只认识两种观众——一种咳嗽,另一种不咳嗽。

What would you expect from an ass but a kick?

除了一脚,你还能指望从驴身上得到什么?

It's natural for ducks to go barefoot.

鸭子赤脚走路是很自然的。