Schools do more than teach math and reading. They are sites where identities are formed and where the politics of knowledge are played out.
学校不仅仅是教授数学和阅读的地方。它们是身份形成的场所，也是知识政治展开的地方。
The biographer's challenge is to be both a detective and a poet.
Speech is a kind of action， and our words are the tools we use to perform it.
一般人的毛病，就是容易受局部的蒙蔽，因而不能明白大道理。眼光不妨放长远一些，站得高一些，能看得更广，格局更大。
心理与物理之间的界限并不像我们通常认为的那样清晰。
I never go on court thinking I'm going to lose.
The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake—you can't learn anything from being perfect.