我不习惯安逸。我只在不舒服的时候才感到舒服。

The best way to ensure peace is to maintain a balance of power among the great powers.

The synergy between theoretical computer science and applied mathematics has led to breakthroughs that were once thought impossible.

要养活世界，我们必须首先学会尊重地球的极限。

I don't dream at night. I dream all day. I dream for a living.

Writing is not just about telling stories; it's about listening to the voices of the world.

Nobody understands when a woman makes a choice to marry and have children, in one way her life begins, but in another way, it stops. You build a life of details, and you just stop and stay steady, so that your children can move.

生活中最成功的人是那些提问的人。他们总是在学习。他们总是在成长。他们总是在推动。

At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"