Storylines often touched on matters of fate,destiny, spirituality,the meaning of life, or what it means to be human.

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That there's no situation that would allow human beings to take the idea of fate or the other people's lives in their own hands, that we don't have that kind of power.

世上没有任何情况允许,人类来主宰别人的命运，或决断他人的生死，我们没有那样的权力。

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And when we don't see the seed of greatness, when we don't water it and shed a light on it, it withers and dies, which is unfortunately the fate of most human potential.

如果我们看不见学生的潜能，不去栽培它，它就会枯萎而死，遗憾的是，大部分人类潜能都因此而被磨灭。

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