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内容简介:
Trevor Noah was born in South Africa before the elimination of apartheid, a system of institutionalized racial segregation. Because his father is white and his mother is Black, he was born a “crime.” Though he was classified as colored and suffered from all kinds of inequality, he grew up under the protection of his mother, who was brave, pious, rebellious, and optimistic. Thanks to that, Noah grew up like a normal teenager without being negatively influenced by his social environment. Moreover, he inherited his mother’s nature and took control of his life.
作者简介:
Trevor Noah is the current host of The Daily Show, a popular American satirical news program. He was born in 1984 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Before he relocated to America for better career opportunities in 2011, Noah accumulated some popularity in his native South Africa as a television and radio show host and stand-up comedian. He is currently living in New York City. The Hollywood Reporter named him one of “The 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media.” In 2008, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
原文摘录:
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)
tj88_99
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2018-01-08 12:33:36
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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)
单身狗也是狗
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2019-06-30 02:32:22
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