Good writing is fun to read, but is often not fun to do. I once asked John Kenneth Galbraith the secret to his success as a popular writer. He said that he revises everything many times.

有一次我问约翰·肯尼斯·加尔布雷斯他成为一个知名作家的秘诀是，他说他会对文章进行很多次修改，修改到第五版时，差不多就可以到达引起读者共鸣的那个点了。

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"Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything." - John Kenneth galbraith.

当你什么都不想干的时候，开会是个好主意。

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Galbraith, John Kenneth (1983) Economic and the Arts, London: Arts Council of Great Britain, p4.

约翰·肯尼斯·加尔布雷斯(1983)《经济与艺术》，伦敦：英国艺术委员会，第4页。

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John once said that his mother, Sarah Catherine Kendall Galbraith, wanted him to be a farmer also.

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