Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.

  • -- C. Wright Mills 米尔斯

权力不是一个人的。财富并不以富人为中心。名人并不是与生俱来的。要想出名,要有钱,要有权力,就必须有进入大机构的机会。

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My dad was the baby. When he was born they were already successful. They sent him to business school - he probably would have loved to have been a poet or a writer or something, and he was very creative.

我爸爸是婴儿。当他出生时,他们已经很成功了。他们把他送进了商学院——他可能很想成为一名诗人或作家之类的,而且他非常有创造力。

There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are generally smaller than the smallest of our London nurseries.

这样的花园大约有十几个,根据业主的生意或财产情况,或多或少有些广阔;但它们一般比我们伦敦最小的托儿所还要小。

I just am grateful for every opportunity to go to work. I don't really focus on celebrity status.

我只是很感激每一个上班的机会。我不太在意名人的地位。

What is wealth? A dream of fools.

财富是什么?傻瓜的梦想。