As a kid， I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas. I helped fix windmills， vaccinate cattle， and do other chores. We also watched soap operas every afternoon， especially "Days of our Lives." My grandparents belonged to a Caravan Club， a group of Airstream trailer owners who travel together around the U.S. and Canada. And every few summers， we'd join the caravan. We'd hitch up the Airstream trailer to my grandfather's car， and off we'd go， in a line with 300 other Airstream adventurers. I loved and worshipped my grandparents and I really looked forward to these trips. On one particular trip， I was about 10 years old. I was rolling around in the big bench seat in the back of the car. My grandfather was driving. And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips， and I hated the smell.

To be free is to have no choice.

The challenge for modern states is to maintain their legitimacy while also being effective in providing services and maintaining order.

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.

To sing is to pray twice.

我不想成为英雄。我只想成为一个做正确事情的人。

Only the dead have seen the end of war

I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.