A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.

  • -- Frederick Douglass 弗雷德里克·道格拉斯

一场输了或赢了的战争很容易描述、理解和欣赏,但一个伟大国家的道德成长需要反思和观察,才能欣赏它。

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I've been around golf my whole life. My father did it all the time, and I resented him for it. But a couple years ago I picked up a golf club and I understood the physics of it. If anyone knows anything about golf, it's that once you hit a few shots, you'll become addicted.

我一生都在打高尔夫球。我父亲总是这样做,我因此而怨恨他。但几年前,我拿起了一根高尔夫球杆,我明白了它的物理原理。如果有人对高尔夫有所了解,那就是一旦你打了几杆,你就会上瘾。

They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn't seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.

他们看起来很棒,你知道的,演奏的人的画看起来很棒,他们脖子上挂着绳子。所以这似乎不是一件很难做的事,也不是那么遥不可及。

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

这个国家的结构建立在性格的四个基石之上:主动性、想象力、个性和独立性。

The first thing that I really understood politically and was old enough to get was the failed assassination attempt on Reagan.

我在政治上真正理解的第一件事,也是我年纪足够大,能够理解的第一件事,就是刺杀里根的企图失败了。

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

从长远来看,一个国家历史的进步要归功于其普通男女的健全心灵。

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

成长没有极限,因为人类的智慧、想象力和奇迹没有极限。