今日你變得像比爾-蓋茨一樣，有錢(qián)又出名的機(jī)會(huì)，大概就跟你在十七世紀(jì)，成為法國(guó)貴族一樣困難。但重點(diǎn)是，感覺(jué)卻差別很大。今日的雜志和其它媒體讓我們感覺(jué)，只要你有沖勁、對(duì)科技有一些新穎的想法，再加上一個(gè)車(chē)庫(kù)，你就可以踏上比爾的道路。
It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
只要人類(lèi)繼續(xù)無(wú)情地摧毀較低級(jí)的生命，他們永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)知道健康和和平。因?yàn)橹灰祟?lèi)屠殺動(dòng)物，他們也會(huì)相互殺戮。
A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. Ours are different. My father's spine was a knotted rope, and the skin on his chest was so thin that you could see the ribs pressing out against it.