文化的功能观点坚持这样的原则：在每一种文明类型中，每一种习俗、物质对象、思想和信仰都履行着某种重要功能，完成某种任务，代表着一个运作整体中不可或缺的部分。
基因组是生命韧性的证明。
In a globalized world, localized thinking is fatal.
Success is not about being the best, it's about being better than you were yesterday.
Bread is the simplest form of food, yet it holds the most complexity.
The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society.
Writing is a way of life, a way of being in the world.