Unfortunately, we haven't found many very old rocks on Earth because our planet's surface is constantly renewed by plate tectonics, coupled with erosion.

  • -- Robert Duncan 罗伯特·邓肯

不幸的是,我们在地球上没有发现很多非常古老的岩石,因为我们星球的表面不断地受到板块构造和侵蚀的更新。

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But in the old days, visual artists used to fall into two distinct categories: those of us who created images with cameras and those of us who applied stuff onto other stuff, with brushes or other tools.

但在过去,视觉艺术家通常分为两类:一类是用相机创作图像的人,另一类是用画笔或其他工具把东西涂到其他东西上的人。

The ancient Greeks were the first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don't tell you of course what we found out, an examined life not that fascinating either.

古希腊人是第一个说未经检验的生命不值得活下去的人。他们当然不会告诉你我们发现了什么,一个经过检验的生命也没有那么迷人。

The service we render others is the rent we pay for our room on earth.

我们为别人提供的服务是我们为自己在地球上的房间支付的租金。

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

天才常在一个有裂缝的罐子里,而不是在一个完整的罐子里。

Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life.

我们的晚年在某些方面是一生中最幸福的时期。

Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.

听着,世界上没有比巧克力更玄学的东西了。