One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.

  • -- William Godwin 威廉·葛德文

人类区别于居住在地球上的所有其他生物的特权之一,就在于理性的天赋。

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The free man must be born before freedom can be won, and the brotherly man must be born before full brotherhood can be won. It will come into being only if we build it out of our very muscle and bone - by trying to act it out.

自由的人必须在赢得自由之前出生,兄弟般的人必须在赢得充分的兄弟情谊之前出生。只有当我们用我们的肌肉和骨头来建造它——通过尝试把它表演出来——它才会出现。

A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. That's why the scenery is so flat.

我的一个朋友有一个关于天线宝宝的伟大理论,那就是它让我们准备好不动脑筋。让我们为生活在地下世界做好准备。这就是为什么风景如此平坦的原因。

Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution.

的确,我们对私有财产的特殊概念使我们不愿耗尽地球上的积极资源,它赞成污染。

And we are put on earth a little space that we may learn to bear the beams of love.

我们被放在地球上的一个小空间,我们可以学会承受爱的光芒。

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

生活只不过是一场竞争,让我们成为罪犯,而不是受害者。

A Golden Globe is a mood-altering substance, there's no doubt about that.

金球奖是一种改变情绪的物质,这一点毫无疑问。

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

每个人都认为自己没有被完全理解或欣赏。