Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

  • -- Mark Twain 马克·吐温

远离那些试图贬低你抱负的人。小人物总是这样做,但真正伟大的人会让你觉得你也可以变得伟大。

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If someone really wanted you, they'd actually put some effort into trying to get your attention, and make  sacrifices for you. They wouldn't just tell you they want you; they'd show you in every little  way possible that they want you.

如果有人真的想要你,他们会付出一些努力来吸引你的注意,并为你做出牺牲。他们不会只告诉你他们想要你;他们会用各种可能的方式告诉你他们想要你。

General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as throughout his great war career.

谢尔曼将军把记者看作是司令部和战场上的累赘和危险,并在他伟大的战争生涯中对他们采取了相应的行动。

Even more than this, however, the sick - like lepers - were often reviled because people believed that they had brought their torments upon themselves.

然而,更重要的是,像麻风病人一样的病人经常受到辱骂,因为人们认为他们是自讨苦吃。

I really didn't want to have my name on the center, because it just seemed like it was too much of a personal thing.

我真的不想让我的名字出现在中心,因为这看起来像是太私人的事情了。

You have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right.

你必须温和地引导人们走向他们已经知道正确的方向。

My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

我的父母从来没有告诉过我们,我们的曾祖母曾经是奴隶。