Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and cruelty are great preoccupations in our time.

  • -- Renata Adler 雷纳塔·阿德勒

懒惰的人往往是无聊的,无聊的人,除非他们睡得多,是残酷的。在我们这个时代,无聊和残酷是人们最关心的事情,这并非偶然。

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While many people think that we as reporters are whining and that this is a time of war, we are really the conveyors of truth in a very critical time and people need to know that truth.

虽然很多人认为我们作为记者在抱怨,认为这是一个战争时期,但在一个非常关键的时刻,我们确实是真相的传播者,人们需要知道真相。

If we're so cruel to minorities, why do they keep coming here? Why aren't they sneaking across the Mexican border to make their way to the Taliban?

如果我们对少数民族如此残忍,他们为什么还来这里?为什么他们不偷偷越过墨西哥边境去找塔利班?

Boredom is...a vital consideration for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

无聊是……对道德家来说,这是一个至关重要的考虑,因为人类至少有一半的罪恶是由对罪恶的恐惧造成的。

Variety is more than a means of avoiding boredom, since art is more than an entertainment of the senses.

多样化不仅仅是一种避免无聊的方法,因为艺术不仅仅是感官的娱乐。

Make a pledge to yourself right now, to declare that you are worth your time and energy.

现在就给自己一个承诺,告诉自己你的时间和精力是值得的。

I only want to protect animals from barbarous, cruel, inhuman and backward rituals.

我只想保护动物免受野蛮、残忍、不人道和落后的仪式。

A lot of people have to deal with the feeling that their worlds are caving in.

很多人都有这样的感觉:他们的世界正在塌陷。

Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.

部分事实或半事实往往比完全的谎言更阴险。

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

除非与经验相结合,否则信息是非常贫乏的。

Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry.

任何人都能赢——除非碰巧有第二名入围者。

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.

播种时学习,收获时教导,冬天时享受。

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

谎言说得越多,真理越成立。