And that's a terrifying factor -- when you start something and it turns that way -- because it means that all that's left for you is to go back and to find out what the next thing is that you can push, that you can invent, that you can be ignorant about, that you can be arrogant about, that you can fail with, and that you can be a fool with.
这是一个非常可怕的事情—— 当你开始去做某件事情，但却事与愿违—— 因为它意味着你所要做的 就是回过头去，找出 你要做的下一件事情是什么，那些你能努力争取的， 或是你能有所创造的，或是你能完全无视的， 或你能妄自尊大的， 或是那些你也许会失败的， 或是会让你看起来很愚蠢的。