Most creative people have two needs they must simultaneously satisfy: an obsessive focus on the problem at hand, no matter where it leads them; and the craving for respectability.

大多数创造性人才都有两个必须同时满足的需求：对于手头问题的执着的关注而不论其后果如何，以及渴望得到他人的尊重。

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After six weeks on the road I arrived back in New York craving a little fashion variety - but for the most part my no-baggage challenge was less of a challenge than I'd anticipated.

在路上六个星期后我回到纽约，有点渴望换一件衣服穿，但是在大多数情况下，我的“无行李挑战”比我预期的要更轻松。

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Especially during his stretches of famine he suffered from lack of the weed; but no matter how often he mastered the craving, it remained with him as strong as ever.

在饥饿的时候，他尤其想抽烟，想得难受；无论多少次忍住烟瘾，那瘾总跟过去一样，十分强烈。

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But the addict, says Burroughs, knows no limits to satiate his craving.

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Mr Taylor felt no need for the doctor, and after two days of a wild, craving thirst and the weird brake smell, he felt fine.

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Unlike other peoples craving national self-determination after the first world war, the Jews were dispersed and had no territorial base.

ECONOMIST: Israel