The first thing I learned about having money was that it gives you choices. People don’t want to be rich. They want to be able to choose. The richer you are, the more choices you have. That is the freedom of money.
We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. “What if…” “If only…” “I wonder what would have…” You will never, never know, and it will haunt you for the rest of your days.
Relationships are built in the silences. You spend time with people, you observe them and interact with them, and you come to know them—and that is what apartheid stole from us: time. You can’t make up for that with an interview, ... (查看原文)
I don't regret anything I've ever done in life, any choice that I've made. But I'm consumed with regret for the things I didn't do, the choices I didn't make, the things I didn't say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. "What if ..." "If only..." "I wonder what would have ..." You will never, never know, and it will haunt you for the rest of your days. (查看原文)
Trevor小时候和妈妈祖母生活在一起学习了Xhosa语和其它几种部落语言。有一次在差点因为自己较浅的肤色被抢劫时,开口说了对方的语言, 然后 “The looked shocked for a moment, and then they started laughing. 'Oh, sorry. Dude. We thought you were something else. We we...
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0 有用 momo 2022-05-21 11:39:11
🐑家暴 种族隔离 重男轻女 贫穷 当这些都发生在同一个人身上时,到底怎么去对抗? 🐑这是一本很容易读下去的传记,看非正,宁大人是南非人,我还不理解非洲为什么会有白人,现在我知道了,他们不过是入侵者,却堂而皇之地看不起本地人,但我也不能对现在的南非白人有什么看法,因为那已不是他们当代人的问题。 🐑本书算是扩宽了我的视野,带我走出了我局促认知的一步。
1 有用 披头四 2022-07-15 16:54:56
好好笑的自传,不愧是脱口秀种子选手,幽默风趣叙事能力极强
2 有用 脚趾姑娘 2022-02-21 11:07:08
崔娃妈妈真的一生牛杯
1 有用 洋东 2022-05-31 16:53:52
伟大的母亲!
10 有用 欧买噶 2022-03-10 22:49:59
乐观幽默的母亲,在遇到困难时,一直帮助崔娃摆脱“受害者”思维。这是作为妈妈的我,读完,最有价值的收获。