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名人名言 People Quotes

1. Never judge the book by its movie.

绝不要用电影来评断一本书。

Juébúyào yòng diànyǐng lái píngduàn yìběn shū.

~ J.W. Eagan

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2. If you can dream it, you can do it.

只要你能夢想到的,你就能做到。

Zhǐyào nǐ néng mèngxiǎng dào de, nǐ jiù néng zuò dào.

~ Waltdisney

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3. Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!”

沒有什么是不可能的,就連impossible這個字也在說「I’m possible!」

Méiyǒu shénme shì bùkěnéng de, jiù lián impossible zhègè zì yě zài shuō, “I’m possible!”

~ Audrey Hepburn

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4. Words that make questions may not be questions at all.

組成問題的文字也許完全不蘊含問題的本質。

Zǔchéng wèntí de wénzì yěxǔ wánquán búyùnhán wèntí de běnzhì.

~ Neil deGrasse Tyson

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5. Kungfu is formless and limitless like water.

功夫如水, 无形无极。

wúxíng, wújí.

~ Ho TsongYuan

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6. My dream is to invent an ink that will leak from the ground and turn everything to green grass.

我梦想是发明一种墨水,墨水在地上一滴,全世界就会变成绿草。

Wǒ mèngxiǎng shì fāmíng yìzhǒng mòshuǐ, mòshuǐ zài dìshàng yìdī, quán shìjiè jiù huì biànchéng lǜcǎo.

~ U. Michael

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7. If size mattered, the elephant would be the King of the jungle.

如果体型真那么重要,大象早就成万獸之王了。

Rúguǒ tǐxíng zhēn nàme zhòngyào, dàxiàng zǎo jiù chéng wànshòu zhī wáng le.

~ Rickson Gracie

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8. Discipline is remembering what you want.

训练有素的人始终记得自己的需要。

Xùnliàn yǒusù de rén shǐzhōng jìde zìjǐ de xūyào.

~ Michael Ende

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9. Nothing is lost. Everything is transformed.

没有遗漏任何东西。 每件事物都经过转化。

Méiyǒu yílòu rènhé dōngxī. Měijiàn shìwù dōu jīngguò zhuǎnhuà.

 ~ Mike Tyson

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10. I just want to be humble at all times.

我只想时时刻刻做一个谦虚的人。

Wǒ zhǐ xiǎng shíshíkèkè zuò yíge qiānxū de rén.

~ Mike Tyson

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11. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

每一個作用力都對應著一個相等反抗的反作用力。

Měiyīgè zuòyònglì dōu duìyìng zhe yīgè xiāngděng fǎnkàng de fǎnzuò yònglì.

~ Sir Isaac Newton

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12. I can’t control the outcome, but I can control my attitude toward the outcome.

我无法控制结果,但是我可以控制我对结果的态度。

Wǒ wúfǎ kòngzhì jiéguǒ, dànshì wǒ kěyǐ kòngzhì wǒ duì jiéguǒ de tàidù.

 ~ Vitor Belfort

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13. Regardless of what may happen, I have to go forward.

无论发生什么事,我都必须勇往直前。

Wúlùn fāshēng shénme shì, wǒ dōu bìxū yǒngwǎngzhíqián.

~ Michael Ende

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14. Any man who knows a thing knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all.

明白事理的任何人都知道他根本一窍不通。

Míngbái shìlǐ de rènhé rén dōu zhīdào tā gēnběn yíqiàobùtōng.

~ K’NAAN

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15. Wrong turns are as important as right turns. More important, sometimes.

错误的方向和正确的方向同样重要,有时候甚至还更重要。

Cuòwù de fāngxiàng hé zhèngquè de fāngxiàng tóngyàng zhòngyào, yǒushíhòu shènzhì hái gèng zhòngyào.

~ Richard Bach

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16. Life is really very beautiful.

生命真是美极了。

Shēngmìng zhēn shì měijí le.

~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

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17. Everything changes in time. 

每件事情迟早都会改变。

Měijiàn shìqíng chízǎo dōu huì gǎibiàn.

~ Sharon Van Etten

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18. Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.

万物最终将合而为一,并有河流贯穿其中。

Wànwù zuìzhōng jiāng héérwéiyī, bìng yǒu héliú guànchuān qízhōng.

~ Norman Maclean

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19. You can worship gods, but you cannot worship Tao. 

你可以求神,但你無法求道。

Nǐ kěyǐ qiú shén, dàn nǐ wúfǎ qiú dào.

~ Deng Ming-Dao

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20. I am so amazed at times that I am actually alive.

有时候我很讶异我居然还活着。

Yǒushíhòu wǒ hěn yàyì wǒ jūrán hái huózhe.

 ~ Andy Goldsworthy

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21. Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

我实实在在地告诉你们,一粒麦子不落在地里死了,仍旧是一粒;若是死了,就结出许多子粒来。

Wǒ shíshízàizàidì gàosù nǐmén, yílì màizǐ bùluò zài dìlǐ sǐ le, réng jiùshì yílì; ruòshì sǐ le, jiù jiéchū xǔduō zǐlì lái.

~ John 12:24

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22. Flowers and seeds wither and die, inevitably leading to the rejuvenation of Chinese culture.

花果飘零,灵根自植。

Huā guǒ piāo líng,líng gēn zì zhí.

~ Tang Jun-yi

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