The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find.

  • -- Freda Adler 福雷达·阿德勒

一个时代的激烈争论在另一个时代看来是毫无结果的,因为知识既能改变我们所寻求的,也能改变我们所发现的。

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Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right.

因此,关于道德多数的争论不仅来自其观点,而且来自其名称——在许多人看来,这似乎意味着只有一套公共政策是道德的,而且只有一种多数可能是正确的。

I studied at a time when buildings were sterile things, and their creators were hands-off people - super-intelligent people, but you felt they didn't love the stuff buildings are made from.

我研究的那个时代,建筑是无菌的东西,它们的创造者是不干预的人——超级聪明的人,但你觉得他们不喜欢建筑的材料。

But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.

但是,我们必须通过这项法案,这样你就可以在没有争议的情况下了解其中的内容。

I don't want to do anything that I'm not passionate about.

我不想做任何我不感兴趣的事情。

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

人可以通过改变自己的思想来改变自己的生活。

I'm very passionate about animals.

我非常热爱动物。

I am used to controversies.

我习惯于争论。