I think it would be a gross distortion of reality to say that they were motivated by self-interest.

我认为说他们被自身利益所驱使是对事实的公然扭曲。

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This is always a distortion of reality, for people are not the captives or victims of others---they are free agents, working out their own destinies for good or for ill.

这种事总是歪曲了事实真相，因为谁都不是给别人当俘虏或牺牲品——人都是自由行事的，不论命运是好是坏，都由自己来作主。

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Jobs was said by an engineer in the early years of Apple to emit a "reality distortion field", such were his powers of persuasion.

苹果公司早期的一位工程师曾说过，乔布斯释放出一种“现实扭曲场”，这就是他的说服力。

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It is a distortion of reality that can undermine our decisions and alienate our teams.

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But how is creativity really treated, beyond the reality distortion field of such misty-eyed ad campaigns?

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You know, this - it's kind of a reality distortion.

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