The poor are not just passive victims; they are active agents trying to navigate a difficult world.
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！"
I'm like a dog, I don't shit where I eat.
这台计算机让人想起朗尼（LonChaney）之一-它是一千个面孔的机器。
教人学习却坚持有天命的观点，这就好像叫人包起头发来却有去掉了他的帽子。
The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.
Your heart knows the way, follow it.