I'm always looking for things that surprise me, things that are on a small and personal scale.

我一直在寻找一些能打动我的事情，那些不起眼的、个人的层面上的事情。

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In the elevation design, we pursued personal scale, graceful color, natural materials and fresh graceful style.

建筑造型追求宜人尺度，色调高雅、材料自然、风格清新。

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Every action to save nature will improve our collective and personal futures and the only way to respond to a threat of this scale is with determined action rooted in headstrong optimism.

拯救自然的每一个行动都将改善集体和个人的未来，而应对如此规模的威胁的唯一方法就是坚决乐观地采取果断行动。

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The point being that it is the prerogative of the individual, not book authors or digital money consultants, to determine where one sits on that personal sliding scale.

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One told me that being involved in Crossrail was like his own Hoover Dam (the huge US dam built during the Great Depression) in terms of scale and personal achievement.

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William thought there must be a long compound German word for the way that large events in the world could affect your personal life: the scale was reduced to the point of insignificance, but the everyday effect was amplified.

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