I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back.

  • -- Eli Whitney 伊莱·惠特尼

我现在已经承担了一项严肃的任务,我害怕在给定的时间里,任何人都有能力完成一项更大的任务——但是现在已经太晚了,不能回去了。

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So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl.

很多人总是试着帮我提行李,帮我做我自己能做的事情。如果我能自己做,我就自己做。我不会让别人为我做这些,我认为这是我的很大一部分出身。我不是一个挑剔的女孩。

Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering.

请不要要求我做我刚才说过我不会做的事,因为你在浪费时间。计价器在你身上跑过沙子,而我现在正在用丝线缠着你。

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.

仅仅理解或看清是不够的。未来将在人类活动的舞台上由那些愿意把自己的身心投入到这项任务中的人来塑造。

Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.

置身于电影的中心是一种第一次带着纯真的负担。之后,你就开始提心吊胆了。

Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books.

哦,我是非常认真的练习和入门,现在仍然是。我所有的书都还在。

Everyone who's serious about what they're doing must be in constant motion forward.

每个认真对待自己所做事情的人都必须不断地前进。

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

今天艺术的任务是使混乱有序。

I'm a very serious person.

我是一个非常严肃的人。