"He created all the legends about himself.He used to say 'never let the truth get in the way of a good story.' But when you're playing him you have to take away all of those just peel him back to try and find the truth."

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I think you should never imagine in these real old poleis that got the thing started, that somebody said let's have a polis.

我想你一定难以想象这些城邦,在刚开始建立的时候,是某个人拍脑袋的想法

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Now we will never know, and don't let anyone ever suggest to you that you will ever know, what Milton could possibly mean by this deliberately perplexing image of the two-handed engine at the door.

我们永远不会知道,弥尔顿在这句描写门边的双手引擎的,刻意的意象叠加里想要表达什么。

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- And we could never do this-- and one could never do this experiment today but let me go through it with you and you'll apologize for its--some of its qualities.

我们不能再-,这种实验，如今再不能做了,我给你们从头至尾讲一下,因为实验中性别歧视的原因，我再次道歉。

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You've never met Ruth, let's suppose.

假如你从来没见过露丝

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