The older the layers, the more each of them is uniform over a great extent; the newer the layers, the more they are limited and subject to variation within small distances.

  • -- Georges Cuvier 乔治·居维叶

年龄越大,各层在很大程度上越均匀;这些层越新,它们受到的限制就越多,在很小的距离内就会发生变化。

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When I was on Broadway, I got really sick with walking pneumonia. I decided not to take my health for granted anymore and make it a priority. The great thing is, the pounds just started to fall off.

我在百老汇演出的时候,得了严重的肺炎。我决定不再把我的健康当成理所当然的事,而是把它放在首位。最棒的是,体重开始下降。

The bigger we get, I think the more it's changing things, which is great, but we didn't set out to do that. We just wanted to be as big as we possibly could be.

我们做得越大,我认为它改变的东西就越多,这很好,但我们并没有打算这么做。我们只是想尽可能地做大。

Data allow your political judgments to be based on fact, to the extent that numbers describe realities.

数据可以让你的政治判断建立在事实的基础上,就像数字可以描述现实一样。

A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.

一个人只要是理性的,就有自由的选择。