艺术源于生活、高于生活。
Art derives from life but it is beyond life.
灵感就像黑暗中意外擦亮的火柴。
Inspiration is like a match struck unex-pectedly in the dark.
在对待非法移民的问题上，我们要采取一劳永逸的措施。
We should take on, once and for all, the issue of illegal immigration.
今天的果，缘于过去行为种下的因。
The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past.
往昔已逝，我们无法再做改变，但我们现在所做的事情却可以影响未来。
The past is gone and we can do nothing to change it. But the future can be affected by everything we do now.
这些失败者的教训值得我们反思。
The lessons of these losers deserve our reflection.
