Democracy begins to fail and political life becomes impoverished in the absence of those vital public spheres such as public and higher education in which civic values, public scholarship, and social engagement allow for a more imaginative grasp of a future that takes seriously the demands of justice, equity, and civic courage.
民主开始失败，政治生活变得贫乏，当缺乏那些重要的公共领域时，如公共和高等教育，在这些领域中，公民价值观、公共学术和社会参与允许对未来有更富想象力的把握，认真对待正义、公平和公民勇气的需求。
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。
对年轻人的适当教育不在于将大量从不同作者那里拖来的词语、句子和想法塞进他们的头脑，而在于打开他们对外部世界的理解。
过去从未死去，它甚至还没有过去。
我不是一个政治人物，但我是一个人。
"The cost of oblivious daydreaming was always this moment of return, the realignment with what had been before and now seemed a little worse."
我总是试图将我的弱点转化为我的优势。
The cinema is not a craft. It is an art. It does not mean teamwork. One is always alone on the set as before the blank page.
