May is a very early time in the year and the weather is usually bad. You cannot run a fast mile race if there is a strong wind, because it makes your running uneven.

  • -- Roger Bannister 班尼斯特

五月是一年中很早的时候,天气通常很糟糕。如果有大风,你就不能跑一英里,因为大风会使你跑得不均匀。

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I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real.

我相信民族主义是一种非常强大的力量,但还有其他力量在起作用;我认为,有一种趋势在推动一个更大的图景,尤其是在欧洲;但我仍然认为民族主义是真实存在的。

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.

永不枯竭的善良天性是上天赐予我们的最珍贵的礼物之一,它像油一样在纷乱的思想海洋上喷薄欲出,在最恶劣的天气里也能保持头脑的平静。

Surely, anyway, a working day of eight or nine hours which is not split by a nap is simply too much for a human being to take, day in, day out, and particularly so in hot weather.

无论如何,对于一个人来说,一天工作八、九个小时,不被午睡打断,无论白天、白天、还是在炎热的天气里,都是难以承受的。

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out.

别指望别人会支持你。也许你会有一个信托基金。也许你会有一个富有的配偶。但你永远不知道它们什么时候会用完。

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

只有经过多年的准备,年轻的艺术家才应该触摸色彩——不是用来描述色彩的,而是作为一种个人表达的手段。

I don't think I've ever had a mentor. The closest thing is my friend Christopher Fowler, another writer. Chris kept me sane for a long time before I made it.

我想我从来没有导师。最亲密的是我的朋友克里斯托弗福勒,另一位作家。在我成功之前,克里斯让我保持了很长一段时间的清醒。

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.

永远没有足够的时间去做每件事,但总是有足够的时间去做最重要的事情。

I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year.

我年轻的时候很害羞。当我第一次去利物浦的时候,我有一年没有说一句话。

I don't have any specific role model. I admire anyone who is strong, confident, intelligent.

我没有任何具体的榜样。我钦佩任何坚强、自信、聪明的人。

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

我不会试图主宰自己或他人的生活;那是上帝的事。