So why not take president Obama at his words, and simply impute the motives that he claims?

所以为何不相信奥巴马的言论，相信事实就如他所说的一样呢？

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They also gave him, as he put it, "stylistic arrangements of experience."

他们也给了他，就如他所说，诗意安排的体验“

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in some ways, one has to admit also there maybe a grain, if not more than a grain of truth in what he seems to be saying.

我们多么不喜欢他，但必需承认,他可能有点儿道理，但就那么点儿,关于他所说的话。

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As Sabbath Lily says, "his eyes, they don't look like they see what he's looking at."

正如Sabbath，Lily所说：,“他的眼睛就像不曾,看到过他所见的东西，“

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