"I'd never given much thought to how I would die, but dying in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go."

提供背景而非控制。当人们了解事情的背景时，他们会更有生产力和创造力，而不是被告知该做什么。

"The poem is not a closed field, but an open one, and the reader is invited to enter."

For me, the most exciting thing is to see the impact of the work that we do.

现在，无论是左倾还是右倾的政治人物，都同意“功绩主义”是个好事。我们应该尽力让我们的社会崇尚“功绩主义”，换句话说，一个崇尚“功绩主义”的社会是什么样的呢？一个崇尚功绩主义的社会相信，如果你有才能、精力和技术，你就会飞黄腾达，没有什么能阻止你，这是个美好的想法。