The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival.

  • -- Ida B. Wells 艾达·B·威尔斯

孟菲斯市已经证明,如果黑人敢于保护自己不受白人的侵害或成为他的竞争对手,那么无论是品格还是地位都对他毫无帮助。

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That was' one time when my technique absolutely deserted me, I must admit. There was a wax face that he had created himself to cover his own ugliness. I was in his clutches and I had to hit him in the face.

我必须承认,有一次我的技术完全荒废了。有一张蜡制的脸,是他为了掩盖自己的丑陋而给自己做的。我被他抓住了,我不得不打他的脸。

Prison make you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.

监狱能让你更好地判断一个人的性格。你能更快地了解别人。

Seclusion wasn't good for anyone; it made you forget how to protect yourself.

与世隔绝对任何人都没有好处;它让你忘记了如何保护自己。

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

一个努力使自己适合所有人的人很快就会瘦下来。

Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind.

从我很小的时候起,我的脑海里就有了这些角色。