I study speech, I study speeches, and if I do so, and if I keep thinking about it in a variety of ways, all sorts of frameworks jostle for attention.

我就必定要研究话语，如果我想要从尽可能多的角度研究它，那么各式各样的的语言结构令我眼花缭乱。

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And my own belief is when you are not in command ; when you are humble before the thing; frankly, only then, is anything of any interest is going to happen in the arts.

我的信念是，只有当你失去了话语权,当你在艺术作品前谦卑时;,坦率地讲，只有这时，你的作品中,才会有奇迹发生。

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