So even if the body theory of personal identity is the right theory, what I want to say in response to that is,So what?

即便身体理论对个人认同感的解释是正确的，我的反应还是，那又怎样？

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I think success to me is basically the ratification that comes from creative work and work that you feel really expresses who you are and what you want to do.

对我来说，成功就是,从创造性工作中得到的认同感,从那些真正能够表达自我,抒发内心的工作中得到的认同感。

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and they reply in German, "Yes, I'm French," that doesn't--language doesn't necessarily tell you how people feel about their identity. Some sage once said, I don't know who it was, but I love this expression, that a language is a dialect with a powerful army.

然后他们用德语回答,"我是法国人",不一定--语言不一定能代表,对自己的身份认同,有个哲人说过,我忘了是谁,但我特喜欢这句,说语言就是有强大军队撑腰的方言

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