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A lot of amateurs are terrified of going up against a player who is clearly better than they are. They never play their best, because they aren't comfortable. There's one surefire way to get over that, and it's to ask yourself, 'What if I beat him?' Imagine the possibility.

很多业余选手都害怕和一个明显比自己优秀的选手比赛。他们从来没有发挥出最好的水平，因为他们感到不舒服。有一个确定无疑的方法可以克服这个问题，那就是问问自己，‘如果我打败了他呢?“想象一下这种可能性。

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A children's author on a soapbox is not a pleasant sight but I have become drawn into issues, slightly unwillingly, relating to young people, literacy and youth justice: just look at the number of young people we have locked up in prison, and the uselessness of it.

一个儿童作家站在讲台上发表演讲不是一件令人愉快的事情，但我已经有点不情愿地陷入了与年轻人、文化素养和青年正义有关的问题中:看看我们被关在监狱里的年轻人的数量，就知道了，这些年轻人毫无用处。

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I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation.

我相信，我和我的战友们参加这场战争的目的应该如此明确，以致不可能改变他们，如果做到了这一点，现在就可以通过谈判达成激励我们的目标。

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Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.

正直是走向真正伟大的第一步。男人喜欢赞美，但付诸行动却很慢。要想在高位维持这种局面，需要自我否定;在任何地方，它都可能遭到反对，但它的结局是光荣的，宇宙仍将向它致敬。

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But in the old days, visual artists used to fall into two distinct categories: those of us who created images with cameras and those of us who applied stuff onto other stuff, with brushes or other tools.

但在过去，视觉艺术家通常分为两类:一类是用相机创作图像的人，另一类是用画笔或其他工具把东西涂到其他东西上的人。

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In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

在每个人的生活中，总有那么一段时间，我们内心的火焰熄灭了。然后，它会因为与另一个人的相遇而燃烧起来。我们都应该感谢那些重新点燃内在精神的人。

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I give the spectator the possibility of participating. The audience completes the film by thinking about it; those who watch must not be just consumers ingesting spoon-fed images.

我给观众参与的可能性。观众通过思考来完成影片;那些观看视频的人绝不能仅仅是消费者，他们正在吞食着汤匙喂给他们的图像。

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Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.

清醒是我生命中最重要的三件事之一，同时也是我成为一名演员和有了一个孩子。在这三个人中，找到我的清醒是最困难的。

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I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doing good research.

我必须为科幻小说做更仔细的研究和事实核查。然而，这并不是说写好的幻想小说不需要做很好的研究。

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The toughest part was doing it in front of the world and recognizing that you had gotten to a point where if you didn't do something you were going to die.

最艰难的部分是在全世界面前做这件事，并意识到如果你不做某件事，你就会死。

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A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.

人是败坏的神。当人是清白的时候，生命就会更长久，就会进入不朽，就像我们轻轻地从梦中醒来一样。

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I'm more comfortable knowing that, chances are, I'm going to fail at this. I've become comfortable with that.

我更愿意知道，我很有可能会失败。我已经习惯了。

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Touch us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream, Gently, - as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream!

轻轻地抚摸我们，时间!让我们沿着你的溪流轻轻地滑行吧，就像我们有时滑过宁静的梦境一样!

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The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness.

坟墓，可怕的东西!人们一听到你的名字就发抖;大自然惊骇万分，抖掉了她惯有的坚强。

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It was an ideal day for football - too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players.

这是一个理想的足球天-太冷的观众和球员太冷。

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I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long.

我离开了七年才重返舞台。我现在知道不要把它放这么久了。

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When there's an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up.

当有个白痴在你前面疯狂地开车时，你最好的一面也会完蛋。

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I know I did the right thing, but no one would ever understand.

我知道我做的是对的，但没有人会理解。

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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

首先获得事实，然后你可以随意歪曲它们。

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The first couple of days on the detox diet aren't pleasant.

开始几天的排毒饮食并不愉快。

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Fate is what you are given. Destiny is what you make of it.

命运是你被赋予的。命运是由你创造的。

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So I'll go eat places and then I'll run it off in the show.

所以我要去吃饭的地方，然后在节目中表演。

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It's true, people don't imagine I'd be particularly woody.

没错，人们想象不到我会特别胡迪。

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He was a god, such as men might be, if men were gods.

他是神，如果人是神的话，他可能是人。

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To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die.

死在你身边是一种天堂般的死亡方式。

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The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.

我在舞台上唯一想念的就是假声。

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Eating words has never given me indigestion.

吃东西的话从来没有使我消化不良。

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Better a poor horse than an empty stall.

宁为穷马，不为空马。

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I believe in giving back very strongly.

我坚信回馈是非常重要的。

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A good novel editor is invisible.

好的小说编辑是看不见的。

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Old age is a shipwreck.

老年是一艘沉船。

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Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

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A lot of amateurs are terrified of going up against a player who is clearly better than they are. They never play their best, because they aren't comfortable. There's one surefire way to get over that, and it's to ask yourself, 'What if I beat him?' Imagine the possibility.

A children's author on a soapbox is not a pleasant sight but I have become drawn into issues, slightly unwillingly, relating to young people, literacy and youth justice: just look at the number of young people we have locked up in prison, and the uselessness of it.

I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation.

Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.

But in the old days, visual artists used to fall into two distinct categories: those of us who created images with cameras and those of us who applied stuff onto other stuff, with brushes or other tools.

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

I give the spectator the possibility of participating. The audience completes the film by thinking about it; those who watch must not be just consumers ingesting spoon-fed images.

Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.

I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doing good research.

The toughest part was doing it in front of the world and recognizing that you had gotten to a point where if you didn't do something you were going to die.

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.

I'm more comfortable knowing that, chances are, I'm going to fail at this. I've become comfortable with that.

Touch us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream, Gently, - as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream!

The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness.

It was an ideal day for football - too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players.

I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long.

When there's an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up.

I know I did the right thing, but no one would ever understand.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

The first couple of days on the detox diet aren't pleasant.

Fate is what you are given. Destiny is what you make of it.

So I'll go eat places and then I'll run it off in the show.

It's true, people don't imagine I'd be particularly woody.

He was a god, such as men might be, if men were gods.

To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die.

The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.

Eating words has never given me indigestion.

Better a poor horse than an empty stall.

I believe in giving back very strongly.

A good novel editor is invisible.

Old age is a shipwreck.

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