这种想象力的第一个成果——以及体现它的社会科学的第一个教训——是个人只有将自己定位在他的时代中，才能理解自己的经历并衡量自己的命运，只有意识到他所在环境中所有个体的机会，他才能知道自己的生活机会。

"To understand the future, one must first understand the past."

The most important thing in acting is honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

试图阻止知识前进是没有好处的。无知永远不比知识好。

"History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation."

Accepting your flaws only makes you a winner.

创新是经济繁荣的核心。