To conquer nature is, in effect, to remove all natural barriers and human norms and to substitute artificial, fabricated equivalents for natural processes.

  • -- Alex Campbell 亚历克斯·坎贝尔

实际上,征服自然就是消除一切自然障碍和人类准则,用人为的、捏造的等价物来代替自然过程。

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We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in touch with our customers, our model of the world can diverge from reality. There's no substitute for innovation, of course, but innovation is no substitute for being in touch, either.

我们可以相信我们知道世界应该走向何方。但是,除非我们与客户保持联系,否则我们的世界模型可能会偏离现实。当然,创新是无法替代的,但创新也无法替代保持联系。

To jump and break the sound barrier will not be a mere record breaking experience or another extreme event that ends once the mission is accomplished.

跳跃并打破音障将不仅仅是破纪录的经历,也不仅仅是任务完成后结束的另一个极端事件。

I believe that these devices like repetition and rhyme are not artificial, that they're not imposed, somehow, on the language.

我相信这些手段,比如重复和押韵,不是人为的,也不是强加在语言上的。

I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us.

我认为一夫一妻制是人为的。我不认为这是我们与生俱来的。

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

民族自豪感,就像其他形式的自豪感一样,可以代替自尊。

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

对一个人来说,征服自己是所有胜利中最重要、最高尚的胜利。

I don't really see huge barriers between any styles of music.

我并没有看到任何音乐风格之间存在巨大的障碍。

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

仅仅征服是不够的;一个人必须学会引诱。