I have never quite got over the fact that I thought, and I'm afraid I still do think, that 'acting' for a man - a really proper man - is sissified and faintly ridiculous.

“我无法改变我的想法，我担心我仍然认为，“演戏”对于男人——一个真正的男人——是很女性化且可笑的。”

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Once, beer-drinking Germans had thought soft drinks sissified, but the German Coke people licked that by putting ads in the papers proclaiming: "Got a hangover [Katzenjammer]?

喝啤酒的德国人认为软饮料很娘娘腔，但是德国可口可乐人却在报纸上用这样的广告安抚他们：「想要宿醉吗？

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If you want a spot atop an organizational pyramid you need to manifest independence of thought, not a sissified reliance on being a people pleaser.

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