I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.

  • -- Tallulah Bankhead 班克黑德

我尽我所能夸大我即将成为明星的谣言。我所走的路,用人类所知的任何数学标准来衡量,就是被遗忘,被模糊。

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The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.

正如目前的例子所表明的那样,表面上符合公认的科学标准的人可以从看似简单而错误的理论中获得荣誉,这可能会产生严重的后果。

Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.

永久退休并不难。我当时就知道这是对的。我不再有能力达到我给自己设定的标准,而且前途无量。

It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.

似乎总有另一个关于我生活的谣言;有些人只是比其他人更容易被谈论。

The best way to do ourselves good is to be doing good to others; the best way to gather is to scatter.

对自己好的最好方法就是对别人好;收集的最好方法是分散。

Sometimes the best way to find out what we want is to choose what we do not want.

有时候,发现我们想要什么最好的方法就是选择我们不想要的。

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

懦夫比有精神的人更容易发生争吵。

Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.

想要粉碎谣言就像想要解开一个铃铛。

I am a man of few words, but many riddles.

我是一个少言寡语,却有许多谜语的人。