At the core of the book is the idea that "technology is neutral, but people aren't."
这本书的核心思想是“技术是不偏不倚的，但人不是。”
I started practicing the various practical steps mentioned by the author in the book, and began to revolt against the very idea of being too busy.
我开始练习作者在书中提到的各种实践步骤，并开始反对那些过于忙碌的想法。
The idea for this book grew out of conversations with Philippa Brewster.
这本书的想法产生于与菲莉帕·布鲁斯特的谈话。
The idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.
这样做是为了让人们不要自私，不要把书放在家里的书架上积灰尘。
A book begins when an author comes up with an idea for a book.
一本书始于作者对它的构思。
It can take months, or even years, for a book to go from an idea to a finished product.
一本书从构思到完成可能需要几个月、甚至几年的时间。
The idea quickly spread, and Todd made a wise decision to set up Little Free Library as a non-profit organization with signs that read "Little Free Library: Take a Book, Return a Book."
这个想法很快传播开来，托德做出了一个明智的决定，把小小免费图书馆创立为一个非营利组织，其标志上写着“小小免费图书馆：取走一本书，还回一本书”。
You could do what you wanted with the ten minutes-summarize the book, talk about its central idea, or discuss an aspect of particular interest-but you had to do it in these ten minutes.
十分钟内你想说什么就说什么，你可以概述本书的内容，谈谈该书的中心思想，或是讨论你特别感兴趣的每个方面，但一切都必须限制在十分钟内。
A fourth idea raised in the book is that individuals naturally gravitate toward what is most meaningful and deeply significant.
第四个想法在书中提出的是，个人自然倾向于什么是最有意义的和具有深远意义。
In his book, he advanced the idea of linguistic patterns.
他在书中提出了语言模式的概念。
It's easier to think that the newest thing out there is the best. The newest strategy, technique, tactic, idea, book, etc.
我们很容易就会觉得最新的东西就是最好的东西。最新的方案，技术，策略，观念，书籍，等等。
She was introduced to the idea by a lecturer in astrology whom she met when researching a book.
她一次在找一本书时，碰到了一位星相学讲师，让她有了这个想法。
AFTER two of America's "Big Three" car companies plunged into bankruptcy, the idea of a management book from an executive who worked for them all seems implausible.
美国三大汽车业巨头中已有两家申请破产。为他们工作过的经理写本管理书，听起来可不是什么好主意。
René Descartes in his book, Meditations (1642), discussed the idea that he might be deceived by a malign genius, "some evil demon, who has used all his artifice to deceive me".
勒奈·笛卡儿在他的著作《沉思集》（1642）中讨论了这样的想法：他可能被一个邪恶的天才所欺骗。 “某个恶毒的魔鬼，已用尽他的所有诡计来蒙骗我。”
Twelve years after he published "on the Origin of Species", which described the idea of natural selection, a second book hit the presses.
出版描述自然选择思想的《物种起源》十二载后，他的第二部书也付梓印刷。
Though authors usually have a pretty clear idea of what they want to convey in their book, I believe they should still integrate the reader as part of the book creation process.
虽然已经有了非常清晰的想要传达的观点，管理类书籍的作者还是应该将读者融入到创作的过程当中。
The idea led to her acclaimed new book, “Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives” (Free Press).
这个想法直接导致了她的新作《起源：出生前的九个月是如何塑造我们以后的生命的》。
And the lousy idea of 'writing a book' turned out to be the motivation with which I forced myself to make a decision and turned organizing thoughts from a mere thought to pressure and obligation.
而我出的‘写一本书’的馊点子，实际上是一个动力，我顺水推舟地逼迫自己作出了决定，让整理思想不再是一个想法，而是一种压力，一种责任。
I understand the basic idea behind book keeping, but I don't really get the nitty-gritty details.
只在书里面了解一些基本概念，具体细节我还不是很清楚。
The idea is to take the key features of a physical book, capture those and then go beyond that.
我们的设想是,抽取实体书的关键特性，然后进一步提升它们。
Choosing a book that is part of a series can be a good idea to keep the children interested.
选一本系列丛书对于保持孩子的兴趣是一个好主意。
I had a book idea, but that's all I had. Though I had worked in the publishing industry my whole career, I was scared to death at the thought of actually trying to write an entire book.
尽管我在出版行业工作了一辈子，但是真正想要去写一本书的时候，我还是很畏惧的。
As I was writing a book about making ideas happen, which was my idea that I wanted to make happen, it felt like an MC Escher puzzle.
当我写关于使想成真的书的时候，我的想法是我想让它们发生，这就像一个MCEscher难题。
As an aside, one of the things I learned from the book was that the iPad idea actually came before the iPhone one.
顺便说一下，我从书中了解到的一件事是iPad的创意实际上来自之前的第一代iPhone。
I first encountered this idea as I was researching my new book, Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination With the Afterlife.
我第一次有这个想法是在我探讨我的新书《天堂：我们来世不朽的魅力》的时候。
So I had the idea of doing a book on something and not really sure what it would be.
所以我当时也有了做一本电子书的想法，但还没有想清楚做哪方面。
So I had the idea of doing a book on something and not really sure what it would be.
所以我当时也有了做一本电子书的想法，但还没有想清楚做哪方面。
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