最成功的现代国家是那些能够利用市场力量，同时保持一个能够提供公共产品和规范私人活动的强大国家的国家。
The most successful modern states are those that have been able to harness the power of the market while maintaining a strong state that can provide public goods and regulate private activity.
Writing is a way of trying to understand what happens to us.
最简单的解决方案往往是最优雅的。
I'm a woman and I have imperfections... and I'm proud of it.
事实是，如果你让我在赢得环法自行车赛和癌症之间做出选择，我会选择癌症。听起来很奇怪，我宁愿拥有癌症幸存者的头衔，也不愿成为环法冠军，因为它对我作为一个人、一个男人、一个丈夫、一个儿子和一个父亲的影响。
To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.
Mathematics is the language of the universe, and through it, we can unlock the secrets of existence.
我生来就是为了唱歌，也生来就是为了战斗。