In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

  • -- Eleanor Roosevelt 埃莉诺·罗斯福

从长远来看,我们塑造了自己的生活,也塑造了自己。这个过程永远不会结束,直到我们死去。我们做出的选择最终是我们自己的责任。

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So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.

所以我必须小心。我意识到我有责任,不管我喜欢与否,我必须接受任何义务。那就是表现出一种行为方式,以一种专业的方式来表现自己,就好像有一个反思,它是积极的。

What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times? I venture to suggest that what we mean is a sense of national responsibility ... a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

在我们这个时代,爱国主义是什么意思?我冒昧地说,我们的意思是一种国家责任感……这是一种爱国主义,它不是短暂的、狂热的情感爆发,而是一生平静而坚定的奉献。

In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not.

在第一次世界大战的帐簿上,记录俄国损失的那一页被撕掉了。具体数字不详。五百万,还是八百万?我们自己也不知道。

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

我们不能为了保卫国外的自由而放弃国内的自由。