This is odd, but there are certain things that are really embarrassing to talk about - one is my job and the success that I've had in it, and the other is money.

  • -- Rick Moody 自里克·穆迪

这很奇怪,但是有一些事情是真的令人尴尬的谈论-一个是我的工作和我在其中取得的成功,另一个是钱。

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There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things that I couldn't see them enjoying. I heard them sing a lot, and I didn't hear white folks going down the cotton rows singing that much.

我年轻时对黑人有一种特殊的感情。不知何故,他们能够从我看不到他们享受的事物中获得快乐。我听到他们唱了很多,但我没有听到白人在棉花地里唱那么多。

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

过去从来没有,现在也不太可能很快就会出现一个哲学家的国家,我也不确定是否应该出现这样一个国家。

I don't read music, which is a shame, actually, and I shouldn't even speak of it because it's embarrassing, but it's true.

我不读音乐,事实上,这很遗憾,我甚至不应该谈论它,因为它令人尴尬,但这是真的。

I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserve success. I have the drive to work.

我不是那种认为自己应该成功的人。我有动力去上班。

Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with a lady.

他从未忘记自己与一位女士同床而生的尴尬事实。

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

我宁愿被称为成功的骗子,也不愿被称为贫穷的君主。