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You tell on yourself by the friends you seek,
By the very manner in which you speak,
By the way you employ your leisure time,
By the use you make of dollar and dime.

You tell on yourself by the things you wear,
By the spirit in which you burdens bear,
By the kind of things at which you laugh,
By the records you play on the phonograph.

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“The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy – invincible determination – a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.”

– Thomas Fowell Buxton, Social Reformer

「我活的愈久，我愈確定卓越與微弱的巨大差異在於能量 – 所向披靡的決心 – 目標一旦確立，不是戰死就是成功。」– 湯巴斯．克斯頓 (社會改革者)

  • certain (adj.) 確定的。insignificant (adj.) 不重要的，無足輕重的。例：That achievement appears insignificant compared with what they did. (與他們做的相比，那個成就顯得微不足道。) invincible (adj.) 無敵的，無法阻擋的。例：Mongol cavalry was invincible in the 13th century. (蒙古騎兵在 13 世紀所向無敵。)
  • 湯巴斯．克斯頓 (1786-1846) 為英國從男爵、國會議員及社會改革者，他在 1822 年於下議院成為主張廢除英國殖民地蓄奴制度的領袖

 

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– J.C. Penney, Entrepreneur

“Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk.”

「給我一位有目標的存貨職員，我將給你一位可以創造歷史的人。給我一位沒有目標的人，我將給你一位存貨職員。」– 詹姆斯‧彭尼 (企業家)

  • stock (n.) 存貨，貨物。例：The jacket is currently out of stock. (那件夾克目前缺貨。)
  • 詹姆斯‧彭尼 (1875-1971) 創立美國連鎖百貨公司 J.C. Penny，現為紐約上市公司，美國各地的 shopping mall 幾乎都看得到 J.C. Penny

 

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My Creed (我的信念)

Posted by  on 03/31/2013No comments
 

imageI do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon – if I can.
I seek opportunity – not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.
I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations, and to face the world boldly and say, this I have done.

– Dean Alfange, Politician

我不選擇做一個平凡的人，與別人不同是我的權力 – 如果我可以的話。
我尋找機會 – 不是安全，我不希望成為被保護的公民，受國家照顧而變得謙卑或遲鈍。
我想冒算計過的險；去夢想去創造，去失敗或成功。
我拒絕以成功的誘因換取救濟金。我喜歡挑戰，勝過活著的保證；喜歡實現目標帶來的興奮，勝過烏托邦裡了無新意的平靜。
我不會拿自由交換別人的慈善，或拿尊嚴交換別人的施捨。我絕不會因任何大人向後退縮，或因任何威脅而彎腰屈膝。
挺直站立，驕傲且無懼是我繼承的權利；為自己思考及行動，享受創造所帶來的果實，並大膽的面朝世界說，這些是我完成的。

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We must not hope to be mowers,
And to gather the ripe golden ears,
Unless we have first been sowers
And watered the furrows with tears.

It is not just as we take it,
This mystical world of ours,
Life’s field will yield as we make it
A harvest of thorns or of flowers.

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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