A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

  • -- Frances Burney 弗朗西斯·伯尼

年轻的头脑很少能完全摆脱野心;抑制这种情绪是获得满足感的第一步,因为减少期望就是增加快乐。

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Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else.

也许是因为我变老了,我在停止时间的事情中找到了乐趣。品尝一杯葡萄酒的简单行为本身就是一件大事。你不是在做别的事情的时候喝下一杯酒。

Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can infuse it with youthful vigor.

音乐应该随着生活的节奏而跳动,它需要新的表达方式,只有科学才能给它注入青春的活力。

Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.

别人可能对我期望不高……但我对自己有很高的期望。

If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives.

如果你想从医学中得到最大的享受,那就做一辈子的学生吧。

Put your expectations on God, not on people.

把你的期望放在上帝身上,而不是人身上。

Acting is a youthful profession.

表演是一个年轻的职业。