阿拉文德·阿迪加
以《白老虎》獲得布克獎(jiǎng)
印度企業(yè)家必須同時(shí)正直又狡猾，嘲諷又相信，狡詐又真誠(chéng)。
The greatest thing to come out of my country is not Ganges water, or the Taj Mahal, or the Himalayas, but the fact that it is the world's largest democracy.
我的國(guó)家最偉大的東西不是恒河水，不是泰姬陵，也不是喜馬拉雅山，而是它是世界上最大的民主國(guó)家。
A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. A poor man's body is like a stone, hard and rough and full of edges.
富人的身體就像高級(jí)棉枕頭，又白又軟又空。窮人的身體就像石頭，又硬又粗糙，滿是棱角。
The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave.
當(dāng)你認(rèn)識(shí)到這個(gè)世界上的美好時(shí)，你就不再是奴隸了。
The poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of? Losing weight and looking like the poor.
In India, we have a saying: 'The rooster coop is full of chickens who don't realize they're in a cage.'
在印度，我們有句諺語(yǔ)：“雞籠里滿是不知道自己被關(guān)在籠子里的雞。”
The desire to get rich is a natural human instinct, and it's not something to be ashamed of.
想要致富是人類的本能，這并不可恥。
The poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of? Losing weight and looking like the poor.
窮人一生都?jí)粝胫燥栵?，看起來像富人。而富人?mèng)想什么呢？減肥，看起來像窮人。
The future of the world lies in the cities.
A man is a dangerous thing, a man who has nothing to lose is even more dangerous.
一個(gè)人是危險(xiǎn)的，一個(gè)沒有什么可失去的人更危險(xiǎn)。
The Indian Revolution has been postponed indefinitely.