The nightmare thought is that frightening people is the best way to get work out of them, and that somehow the crueler the environment, the more people will rise to the challenge. You want to think, who would you like as your ideal dad? And your ideal dad is somebody who is tough but gentle. And it's a very hard line to make. We need fathers, as it were, the exemplary father figures in society, avoiding the two extremes, which is the authoritarian disciplinarian on the one hand, and on the other, the lax, no-rules option.
梦魇是相信恐吓人们是刺激他们发奋的最好办法，或是环境越残酷，就会有越多人接受挑战。你必须想，你的理想父亲是怎样的？你的理想父亲往往是严厉又温和的，虽然这界限很难画定，我们社会需要的模范性人物是像一个理想父亲，不要走极端，不要完全集权、纯粹纪律，也不要模糊马虎，乱无规章。
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
每一次表演都是与世界分享美好事物的新机会。
如果你总是做你一直在做的事情，你将总是得到你一直得到的东西。
音乐是一种语言，可以打破所有界限。
I don't like to gamble, but if there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself.
Mom, why do you laugh so much? / Because I have you as my daughter.
成为一名作家就是在每一天的寒冷时分坐在桌前写作；而不是等待天才的蓝色火焰从胸骨中喷涌而出。
Acting is a way of living out one's insanity.
A vida é uma festa que não se repete.
The pursuit of mathematical knowledge is a journey that never ends.
You don't love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.