I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of cultures they know nothing about.

  • -- Brad Holland 布拉德·霍兰德

我一直不明白,为什么艺术家们总是屈尊于自己文化的陈词滥调,却如此渴望接受自己一无所知的文化的陈词滥调。

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Exhort all your household often that all those who serve you shall know to serve God and you, faithfully and painstakingly, and for the will of God to prefer in all things to do your will and pleasure in all things that are not against God.

你要常常劝勉你全家、叫一切事奉你的人、都知道服事神、和你、是忠心劳苦的。又因神的旨意、凡事喜欢遵行你的旨意、凡事喜悦不违背神。

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

如果你摔断了脖子,如果你没有东西吃,如果你的房子着火了,那么你就有麻烦了。其他一切都不方便。

Nothing in life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it.

生活中没有什么事情是如此艰难,你不能让它更容易通过你的方式。

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.

平庸的人往往拥有最渊博的知识。