The anarchic nature of the international system compels states to prioritize their own survival above all else.
效率是把事情做对，效果是做对的事情。
你穿过的门原来是什么样子，走过去以后也要保持那个样子。
A writer’s job is to notice the things others miss.
The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society.