When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are 'What are you doing now?' and 'How are you going to beat that?' And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly - that you're in battle against yourself.

  • -- Elizabeth Gilbert 伊丽莎白·吉尔伯特

当一个人在这种文化中取得巨大成功时,人们开始问两个问题,那就是“你现在在做什么?”以及“你打算如何克服这个问题?”“我不得不说,我喜欢这种假设,即你的意图是不断地打败自己——你在与自己作战。

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Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives within 'black community' by and large.

平权法案成功的一个讽刺之处在于黑人社区的中产阶级基本上不再生活在“黑人社区”中。

The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.

上帝给了我们两头——一头坐着,一头思考。成功取决于我们最常使用哪一种。