一个国家制度的质量是其长期经济表现的最重要决定因素。
The quality of a country's institutions is the single most important determinant of its long-term economic performance.
过去总是与我们同在，而且它总是比我们想象的更复杂。
Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.
The best stories are those that resonate with the reader's own experiences, that touch something deep within them.
I don't make films for critics, I make films for audiences.
The writer must be a heretic, a questioner of all absolutes.
预测未来的最好方式就是创造未来。
It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.