I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.

  • -- Randall Jarrell 兰德尔·贾雷尔

我认为,我们现代文化的一个可能定义是,我们十分之九的知识分子不会读诗。

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I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I love it. On the other hand, I think that those of us who make our living writing history can also be called true professionals.

我可以被公平地称为业余爱好者,因为我做我所做的,在最初的意义上的词-爱,因为我爱它。另一方面,我认为我们这些以写历史为生的人也可以被称为真正的专业人士。

For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life.

对于任何主要关注意义的文化来说,对死亡的研究——生命对我们来说唯一的确定性——必须是核心,因为理解死亡是生命解放的关键。

Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels.

卫星广播使许多封闭社会中渴望获得信息的居民能够绕开国家控制的电视频道。

Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.

我们大多数人都能读到不祥之兆;我们假设是寄给别人的。

Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.

节省你的钱。你年老时需要的钱是你想象的两倍。

I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.

我对可能的复杂性不感兴趣。我把歌的结构看作是一张作图纸。

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

诗人的自传就是他的诗。其他的都只是一个脚注。

'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.

的经典。这是一本人们赞美却不读的书。

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

文化:人类面对自己命运的呐喊。

Outside our small safe place flies mystery.

在我们这个安全的小地方外飞着神秘。