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It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.

  • -- Eudora Welty 韦尔蒂

当我发现故事书是由人写的，书并不是自然奇观，而是像草一样自己生长出来的时候，我感到既震惊又失望。

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I think a reason that a lot of people feel politically paralysed is that it used to be clear how power was organised. But those who have their hands on the levers of popular culture today have great power - and it isn't even clear who they are.

我认为，许多人感到政治瘫痪的一个原因是，过去人们很清楚权力是如何组织起来的。但是，那些掌握着当今流行文化杠杆的人拥有巨大的权力——甚至不清楚他们是谁。

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It is true, there are many bad people; there are more of them than in the past, but that is because there are more people, meaning the population has tripled; there must be three times more bad people.

的确，有很多坏人;他们的数量比过去多，但那是因为人口增加了，这意味着人口增加了两倍;坏人一定是坏人的三倍。

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You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing because the best short stories are not constructed like novels.

你必须对它们有所了解，它们是一个自己的世界，大多数人发现它们令人失望，因为最好的短篇小说不像小说那样构造。

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I'd love to see a good script of one of my books, in these years of animations and comic book sequels, and had so many written over the years, but none quite clicked.

我很想看到我的一本书的一个好剧本，在这些年的动画和连环漫画的续集中，我写了很多，但是没有一个是很合拍的。

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As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.

正如许多作家所说，如果作者对事件不感到惊讶，那么读者很可能也不会感到惊讶，并感到无聊。

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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

如果你只看别人在读的书，你就只能想别人在想什么。

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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.

对于一个内向的人来说，他所处的环境就是他自己，永远不会受到令人吃惊或无法预料的变化的影响。

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Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.

是好奇。广泛的阅读。尝试新事物。人们所谓的智慧归根结底就是好奇心。

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Crazy by definition is Knowing that true sanity is A figment of the educated mind.

疯狂的定义是 知道真正的理智是 受过教育的人的虚构。

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A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

头脑需要书籍，就像剑需要磨石一样，如果它想保持锋利的话。

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It's disappointing. We were so close.

这是令人失望的。我们太接近了。

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