That's a big fat claim. And I'm gonna try to back it up. 这是一个很大的题目,我会试着证明。 Now the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said. there are no languages required in a musical world. 联合国秘书长潘基文说,在音乐的世界里
And I was facing first but definitely not the last time, the harsh reality that I was minority. 这是我第一次但绝不是最后一次面对这个残酷的现实,我是少数群体。 In Rochester, which in those days had Asian population of 1%. 在罗彻斯特,当时亚洲
After college, I went to law school for three years, and then into my dream job at a big NY law firm. 读完大学,我在法学院度过了三年,之后在一间大的纽约律师事务所得到了自己梦想中的工作。 But even though it had been my dream, I didn't like
So yes, I was the kind of opposite of Bill Clinton, who tried marijuana but didn't inhale. 于是我正好是比尔·克林顿的反面,他尝试过大麻,但没有吸入。 See, I didn't try marijuana but I did inhale. 而我呢,明白吗,我没有尝试,但吸入了。 Every
Who upended all of my assumptions in the very best way. That was Steve Jobs. 他以最好的方式颠覆了我所有的假设。他就是史蒂夫·乔布斯。 Steve had built a successful company. He had been sent away and he returned to find it in ruin
Typewriters were very expensive and my family could not afford one. 打字机非常昂贵,我的家庭负担不起。 I was one of two kids from Baldwin County that was chosen to go to Washington along with hundreds of other kids ac
I was one of the lucky ones, who got to shake his hand. 我是和他握手的幸运者之一。 Carter saw Baldwin County on my name tag that day and stopped to speak with me. 卡特看见在我的名字标签上写着鲍德温县,于是停下来和我说话。 He wanted to know ho
Ladies and gentlemen, our commencement speaker Dr. Tim Cook. 女士们先生们,有请我们的毕业典礼发言人蒂姆·库克博士。 Hello GWer. 乔治华盛顿的同学们你们好。 Thank you very much President Knapp for that kind intro. Alex, trustees, faculty and
Maybe that's just the world we live in. But graduates, this is your world to change. 也许我们生存于此的世界就是这样。但是毕业生们,这个世界将由你们来改变。 As I said, I am a proud son of the South. It's my home, and I will alwa
People who witness injustice and want to expose it, and now they can because they have a camera in their pocket all the time. 目睹不公正想揭露它的人们现在可以做到了,因为他们的口袋里现在一直都装着一部相机。 Our commitment goes beyond the pr
The idea that great progress is possible, whatever line of work you choose. 这个信念:无论你从事哪个行业,给它带去伟大的进步是可能的事情。 There will always be cynics and critics on the sidelines tearing people down, and just as ha
But it was more than that: it was also a vital inflection point of my own ethical development, my own self-understanding as a member of the global community. 但不仅仅如此:这是我个人道德理念的一个重要转折,也自知作为地球上一员的自我使命。 H
But it was more than that: it was also a vital inflection point of my own ethical development, my own self-understanding as a member of the global community. 但不仅仅如此:这是我个人道德理念的一个重要转折,也自知作为地球上一员的自我使命。 H
But this question lingers and I continued to be troubled by the unequal distribution of scientific knowledge throughout the world. 但这个问题仍旧萦绕着我,我依旧会被世界上科学知识的分布不均衡问题所困扰。 We have learned to edit the huma
When I was in middle school, a poisonous spider bit my right hand. 我在上中学的时候,被一只有毒的蜘蛛咬了右手。 I ran to my mom for help, but instead of taking me to a doctor, my Mom set my hand on fire. 我去向母亲求救,但是她没有找医生,而
President Hoover, Mister Chief Justice, my friends, 胡佛总统,首席法官先生,朋友们, This is a day of national consecration, 今天对我们的国家来说是一个神圣的日子。 and I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my
A long time ago, in this cold September of 1962,there was a Steven's co-op at this very university. 很久以前,1962年的寒冷9月,这座校园里有一家史蒂文消费合作社。 That co-op had a kitchen with a ceiling that had been cleaned by s
But how much more are you, Harvard graduates of 2008, likely to touch other people's lives? 但是,哈佛大学的2008届毕业生们,你们多少人有可能去触及他人的生命? Your intelligence, your capacity for hard work, the education you have e
So, how do I define success? 那么我是如何定义成功的呢? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. 让我告诉你,钱很美好。 I'm not going to stand up here and tell you that it's not about money,'cause money is very nice. 我不会告诉你们成功与
It’s great to be here and have a chance to share some of my excitement with you. I got involved with computers at 18.And the computer was a very limited teletype that had to be connected through a pho