"They kept brushing us off, saying their helicopters were busy elsewhere, or so-and-so had stepped out for a smoke," he tells TIME.

“他们一直对我们不理不睬，称其直升飞机在别处忙于运行，或飞机因为烟雾着陆了，凡此种种。”他告诉美国《时代周刊》。

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If he is Indian as you say, whatever that means, and if he is back here to stay this time and if he tells me that himself, I'll let it go.

如果他像你说的那样是印第安人，不管那是什么意思，如果他这次回来是要住下来，如果他自己亲口告诉我，我就不追究了。

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He tells VOA that the natural disaster could not have happened at a worse time for Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

Yet, at the same time, he tells us that the sovereign is the creation of the people whom he represents or it represents.

与此同时，他还告诉我们,君主是从人民中产生,并代表广大人民利益的。

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He is dismissive of method acting although he admits he tells the crew to give him time to concentrate on his lines when he's on set.

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This time when he tells banks and insurance companies that "a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play, " they will do well to believe him.

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"I was quite suicidal at the time, " he tells CNN.

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