Everybody, all politicians on Left and Right, agree that meritocracy is a great thing, and we should all be trying to make our societies really, really meritocratic. In other words -- what is a meritocratic society? A meritocratic society is one in which, if you've got talent and energy and skill, you will get to the top, nothing should hold you back. It's a beautiful idea.
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。
When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
对付一个不自由的世界，唯一的方法就是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。
"The world is full of stories, and every story is a world in itself."
过去是一部我们无法停止重写的剧本。
Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.