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。
The first fruit of this imagination—and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it—is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.
Writing is a way of fighting against oblivion, against death.
"The hardest part about being immortal is watching everyone you love die."
一位伟大的摄影师知道何时打破规则以创造出真正独特的东西。
每个问题都是伪装的机遇。
在商业中,诚信是不可妥协的。
成功是最好的复仇。
人们永远不会注意到已经做了什么;人们只能看到还有待完成的事情。