So we ask very limited questions, which is why we brag about how accurately we can predict the future.

我们研究的问题是非常有限的,正因如此我们才敢自豪地说,我们能非常精确地预测未来

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You might even say that Machiavelli takes delight in demonstrating, much to our chagrin, the space between our lofty intentions and the actual consequences of our deeds.

也可说,马奇亚维利自豪地展示了，虽然令人大为懊丧地，但他展示了我们崇高意向,与实际所为之后果间的灰色地带。

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before that he was the Deputy White House Chief of Staff, and Joshua is also, I'm proud to say, a proud alumus of Princeton University, Class of 1976.

在那之前,他是白宫办公厅副主任，而且我非常自豪地向大家介绍，约书亚是普林斯顿大学，1976级的优秀毕业生。

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I'm proud to say that I have been involved in most of the president's policy decisions, beginning before he was president all the way through to the end.

我可以自豪地说,我参与了总统的大多数政策决定,在他当选总统之前就开始了,一直到最后。

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