I don’t think of myself as a writer who happens to be black. I think of myself as a black writer.

追求科学不仅仅是追求理解。它是追求一种来自知道我们不知道多少的智慧。

So, I'm going to end it there. But what I really want to stress is: by all means, success, yes. But let's accept the strangeness of some of our ideas. Let's probe away at our notions of success. Let's make sure our ideas of success are truly our own.

The historian is a prophet looking backwards.

人们能在一次演讲中记住的观点不会超过三个。