It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan.

  • -- Richard Curtis 理查德·柯蒂斯

对于作家来说,把他们的作品重点放在世界大事上总是一个错误,因为他们的行动如此迅速和不可预测,阿富汗的情况就证明了这一点。

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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.

构成一个时代文化的各种形式的智力活动,在很大程度上是由不同的起点和不相连的道路所构成的。

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

人类可以分为三类:一类是不能移动的,一类是可以移动的,一类是可以移动的。

In the first place, you must pay great attention to the key note.

首先,你必须非常注意重点。

The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.

当然,关键是要远离逝去的岁月。