Foreign students represent a valuable resource, especially when public colleges and universities face budget cuts by states.

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There's a kind of aspect of value for many of us where we feel that something's especially valuable if it won't endure, if it's fragile, or if it's rare.

对我们许多人来说，有一种价值的方面在于,如果某事物不是持续的，如果是易碎的,或者是稀有的，我们就觉得它特别有价值。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

There's a kind of aspect of value for many of us where we feel that something's especially valuable if it won't endure, if it's fragile, or if it's rare.

对我们许多人来说，有一种价值的方面在于,如果某事物不是持续的，如果是易碎的,或者是稀有的，我们就觉得它特别有价值。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选