So although a stone by itself could never just think, if God could implant in the stone the power of thought, why not?

因此，尽管石头本身不能思考，但是，如果上帝可以赋予石头思考的能力，为什么不呢？

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We are so seduced by the thought of a guaranteed paycheck every month that we completely ignore the fact that it's actually never too late to pursue our dreams.

我们为什么会受这每月稳定工作收入的诱惑，以至于完全忽视了一个真相：追求自己的梦想永远不会太迟。

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She had put on weight, and in spite of the makeup her face looked worn, not so much by time as by frustration, which surprised me, since I’d never really thought that Clara aspired to anything.

她身体发福了，尽管化了装，她的脸看上去憔悴不堪，与其说是因为时光的流逝到不如说是因为生活的挫折感使然，她的外表令我不胜惊讶，因为我从来没想象过克拉拉会变成今天这个模样。

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He burns where he has ridden to lunch, he fires the city in whose clubs he once gave toasts, oh yes, someone of the educated class, or so we thought, though I never was impressed!

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When the CEO and Founder of Groupon, Andrew Mason, launched his online business in the fall of 2008, he never thought it would be so successful.

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Just steps from what is traditionally the scene of so much personal triumph people pushing themselves to limits they never thought they had there is only madness and horror.

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