My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective.

  • -- Augusten Burroughs 奥古斯丁·巴勒斯

我父母之间的关系真的很可怕。我的意思是,他们的仇恨程度,身体虐待的程度——基本上,我的母亲会打我的父亲——我认为我被电视上那些明亮而发人深醒的画面所吸引。

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There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations.

可能有一些落后的国家,那里的人民群众处于勉强糊口的水平,由于战争或部分作物歉收,那里的生活水平必须大幅度降低,但在我们这些繁荣的国家,情况肯定不是这样。

It's such a diversion to be constantly thinking of better ways I can teach people math that my hunger is for that really, for new ways of translating the beauty of it.

不断地思考更好的方法来教人们数学是一种消遣,我渴望找到新的方法来诠释数学之美。

From my parents, I learned a very strong work ethic, and all of my brothers and sisters all worked from the earliest days of life right through to the present time.

从我的父母那里,我学到了一种非常强烈的职业道德,我所有的兄弟姐妹都是从小到大一直工作到现在。

I don't think I'm bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this.

我不认为我对人们有害。如果我真的认为我对人们有害,我会回去开卡车,我是认真的。

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.

有些孩子表现得好像他们认为父母无事可做,只是看着他们在这个世界上站稳脚跟,然后就放弃了。

I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.

我知道我必须保持冷静。