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乔治·布什，美国总统

All I was doing was appealing for an endorsement, not suggesting you endorse it.

“我所做的一切只是为了呼吁你们投我的票，而不是暗示你们一定要投我的票。”

I have opinions of my own—strong opinions—but I don’t always agree with them.

“我有自己的见解——坚定的见解——但是我自己并不总是赞同它们。”

（* 这是2000年10月乔治·布什竞选总统时对科罗拉多州州长所说的话。）



Al Gore, US Former Vice President

戈尔，美国前副总统

It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.?

“破坏环境的元凶并非污染，而是我们空气和水中的杂质。”

We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

“我们已经准备好应对意外事件，它可能发生，也可能不会发生。”


Bill Clinton, US Former President

比尔·克林顿，美国前总统

If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.

“如果不成功，我们就得承受失败的风险。”

You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That’s a good-looking mummy!

“你知道，如果我是个单身汉，我可能会和木乃伊约会。那个木乃伊真好看！”（*这是比尔·克林顿在国家地理博物馆参观印加时代冰冻木乃伊Juanita时所说的话。）

African-Americans watch the same news at night that ordinary Americans do.

“非洲裔美国人晚上看的新闻节目跟普通美国人看的别无二致。”



Richard M. Nixon，US Former President

理查德·M.尼克松，美国前总统

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

“对我来说，树立一个胜利者的形象是必不可少的。因此，

我不得不去击败别人。”


Mariah Carey

玛利亚·凯莉，美国流行音乐歌手

Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry. I mean I’d love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.
“无论什么时候，只要在电视上看到世界上那些贫穷饥饿的儿童，我都会情不自禁地哭出声来。我是说，我希望自己能像他们那样瘦到只剩皮包骨，但不要跟所有那些苍蝇、死亡之类的东西联系在一起。”


Brooke Shields, during an interview as Spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign

波姬·小丝，联邦禁烟运动代言人，在一次采访中如是说

Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life.

“吸烟可以致命。如果你因此丧命，你会失去你生命中非常重要的一部分。”



Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward

温斯顿·贝内特，肯塔基大学篮球队先锋

I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.

“我从来没有在身上任何其他部位动过大型膝盖手术。”



Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC

马里恩·巴里，华盛顿市市长

Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

“不算谋杀，华盛顿是这个国家犯罪率最低的城市之一。”



Gerry Brown, California governor

格里·布朗，加利福尼亚州州长

The private enterprise system indicates that some people have higher incomes than others.“私企制度表明一些人的收入会比另外一些人更高。”



Jon Davidson, advertising executive at New World Pictures, on what makes a good movie

乔恩·戴维森，“新世界”影视公司的广告总监，在谈论怎样制作一部好电影时说。

Ordinary rape and murder just doesn’t make it anymore. It’s much better to have ultra-violence, chainsaw massacres, X-rated Draculas, and continents sinking into the sea with the entire population lost, at the very least.

“普通的强奸和谋杀再也行不通了。最好有一些极端的暴力事件，如肢解大屠杀，限制级的吸血鬼，陆地沉入海底以及整个人群灭绝等等，这些是最起码的。”



Vlade Divac, NBA basketball player

弗拉德·迪瓦茨，NBA球星

We all get heavier as we get older because there’s a lot more information in our heads.

“随着年龄的增长，我们的体重会增加，因为我们脑子里装了更多的信息。”