That means that they live life "energetically"—more intensively, but not for as long.

这意味着他们过着“精力充沛”的生活——更加集中，但不是为了活得长。

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Life is like a story. What matters is not how long it is but how good it is.

人生就像一个故事。重要的不是它有多长，而是它有多好。

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What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it. Not how long you lived, but how you lived.

重要的不是你的寿命有多长，而是你的生命付出了多少。

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In a few minutes, dieting for a long life but not exactly a full one.

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Every small business owner knows that the laws of finance will allow negative cash to be augmented with debt as a temporary means to an end, but not as a long-term way of life.

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But the costs do not include any longer term costs, for example the life-long cost of caring for babies who suffer serious birth injuries.

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