Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

尽管人们倾向于用自己的伟大成就来奉承和抬高自己,但事实上,这些成就往往更多地是由于机遇,而不是计划。

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Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer.

无论是在剧院布景还是舞台灯光方面,我都没有意识到,我接触到的大部分技能,在后来我成为一名设计师时,都会派上用场。

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

你们是为成就而生,为成功而生,并被赋予伟大的种子。

We've had a chance to be seen by viewers who had never seen us before, and we've kept a lot of them.

我们有机会让从未见过我们的观众看到我们,而且我们保留了很多。

I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.

我决心给意第绪语一个争取生存的机会。

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

完美有一个严重的缺点:它容易沉闷。