学习贵在专一，不以涉猎广泛为能。

自由民主的传播伴随着全球文化的传播，这种文化越来越同质化。

每个国家都是它讲述给自己的故事。

Architecture begins where engineering ends.

The center of our galaxy is a fascinating place where extreme physics takes place, and it's a privilege to study it.

Poetry must always have a moral purpose; it should instruct while it delights.

I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour.

The desert could not be claimed or owned–it was a piece of cloth carried by winds, never held down by stones, and given a hundred shifting names.