投机者是观察未来并在未来发生之前行动的人。

国会议员对职位的热情非常强烈。

解释：不通过学习而能自己知道的，不去请教他人而能自己通晓的，从古到今没有这样的事。

The nightmare thought is that frightening people is the best way to get work out of them, and that somehow the crueler the environment, the more people will rise to the challenge. You want to think, who would you like as your ideal dad? And your ideal dad is somebody who is tough but gentle. And it's a very hard line to make. We need fathers, as it were, the exemplary father figures in society, avoiding the two extremes, which is the authoritarian disciplinarian on the one hand, and on the other, the lax, no-rules option.

The evening is the time of day I like best. I love the transition from day to night, the way the light changes, the way the air feels.

The future of agriculture lies in balancing productivity with environmental stewardship.

作家是一个关注世界的人。