我写小说,人们告诉我这是自传;我写自传,人们告诉我这是小说。既然我这么笨,他们这么聪明,那就让他们决定这是什么或不是什么吧。
The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.
预测未来的最好方法就是创造未来。
事实是,如果你让我在赢得环法自行车赛和癌症之间做出选择,我会选择癌症。听起来很奇怪,我宁愿拥有癌症幸存者的头衔,也不愿成为环法冠军,因为它对我作为一个人、一个男人、一个丈夫、一个儿子和一个父亲的影响。
The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the Tour de France and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son, and a father.
最终,我们记住的不是敌人的话语,而是朋友的沉默。
一个国家制度的品质是其成功的最重要决定因素。
人生最大的幸福是确信我们被人爱着;因为自己而被爱,或者更确切地说,尽管自己而被爱。
Trust is built through transparency and consistent action.