问题是，如果你打从心里相信，那些在社会顶层的人都是精英，同时你也暗示着，以一种残忍的方法，相信那些在社会底层的人，天生就该在社会底层，换句话说，你在社会的地位不是偶然，而都是你配得的，这种想法让失败变得更残忍。
The problem is, if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you'll also, by implication, and in a far more nasty way, believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there. I nother words, your position in life comes to seem not accidental, but merited and deserved. And that makes failure seem much more crushing.
A proposition is an assertion that something is or is not the case.
Efficiency in farming is not about doing more with less, but about doing better with what we have.
I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.
我一直被驱使着去挑战系统，去创新，去超越现有的东西。
The world is a place of infinite complexity, and we are all just trying to make sense of it.
Innovation in the North Sea has positioned the UK as a global leader in responsible resource development.
The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.