Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
惊奇是智慧的开始。
我不喜欢欠下人情,这样会压逼著我,令我觉得自己是个奴隶。我宁愿自己处理自己的事,不用依靠别人,能够完全独立。
It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.