"Biography is the art of finding the universal in the particular."

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

我不是梦想家，我是实干家。

我们生活中最美好的时刻不是被动的、接受的、放松的时刻……最美好的时刻通常发生在一个人自愿努力完成一项困难而有价值的事情时，身体或精神被拉伸到极限。

The context is the work.

我并非天生失明，12岁时才失去视力。所以我见过这个世界，知道事物的模样。当我歌唱爱与痛苦、欢乐与悲伤时，我知道自己在唱什么。