To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up.

  • -- George H. Mead 乔治·H·米德

要对公共利益感兴趣,我们就必须不感兴趣,也就是说,不感兴趣的是与我们个人利益息息相关的东西。

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These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify our own selves with the jobs we do: 'What do you do?' is the first question we ask each other at parties, as if a job title could express a fundamental truth about our personality.

如今,我们似乎比以往任何时候都更离不开老板。我们甚至把自己和工作联系在一起:‘你是做什么的?这是我们在派对上互相问的第一个问题,似乎一个职位头衔可以反映出我们性格的一个基本事实。

Social Security Number Cards by themselves were never intended to be personal identity documents because they cannot confirm that a person presenting a card is actually the person whose name appears on the card.

社会保险号卡本身从未打算成为个人身份证件,因为它们不能确认出示该卡的人实际上就是该卡上显示姓名的人。

Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.

一般来说,一本厨师的书就像一张名片或一个作品集,用来展示他们的个人作品。

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

一个人有多少个认识他的人,他就有多少个社会自我。

God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.

神比你更关心你的将来和你的关系。

In a work capacity I'm only interested in acting and producing.

在工作能力方面,我只对表演和制作感兴趣。