“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”– Mark Twain, Writer
「永遠做對的事,這將滿足一些人,其他人則將感到驚奇。」
“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”– Mark Twain, Writer
「永遠做對的事,這將滿足一些人,其他人則將感到驚奇。」
Katrina Bookman captured national attention last year when she played a "Sphinx Slot Machine" at Resorts World Casino in Queens, New York, and it appeared as though she’d won $43 million - which would have been the largest jackpot ever won on the slots in U.S. history.
卡翠娜.布克曼去年受到全美國矚目,因為她在紐約市皇后區的「度假中心世界賭場」玩「人面獅身拉霸機」時,看似贏得4300萬美元,為美國拉霸機史上最高頭彩獎金。
But when Bookman came to collect her prize, a casino worker told her she hadn’t actually won anything and offered her nothing but a complimentary steak dinner and $2.25.
佳文選讀As a Man Soweth 人們播種時
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Poet(歌德,詩人)
We must not hope to be mowers,
佳文選讀As a Man Soweth 人們播種時
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Poet(歌德,詩人)
We must not hope to be mowers,
“The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.”– Charles Lamb, Writer
「我所知道的最大快樂,是祕密的做善行,然後被人意外的發現。」
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科幻電影《星際大戰》第五集裡,尤達對路克說的一句話,當時尤達要訓練路克如何使用原力,抬起已經沉入水中的 X-Wing 戰機。
“The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time.”– Julia Child, Chef
「快樂婚姻的祕密是找到對的人,如果你喜歡一直和他在一起,他就是對的人。」