He or she is not perfectly beautiful, but suddenly I start thinking about the nature of beauty itself.

他或她并不是无瑕疵的漂亮,但是我马上会想到美丽本身

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I look at the plate on my kitchen table, it's not perfectly round, it's got imperfections; but suddenly I start thinking about circles, perfectly round objects.

我看着我餐桌上的盘子,它不是正圆的,它不完美,但是我马上就可以想到圆圈,正圆的东西

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