All they ever needed or wanted were some Numbers and charts to wave at the press, fooling some people into believing that we're having some kind of rational discussion.

他们需要或者想要的只是可以在新闻上推波助澜的数字和图表，愚弄一些人，让他们相信我们在进行某种理智的讨论。

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None had ever been married and none had children, but they were all still old enough to have children if they ever wanted to.

没有人结过婚，也没有人有孩子，但他们如果想要孩子的话，也到了该有孩子的年纪。

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Her characters spend more time talking to the audience than they do to each other, and everything they say is obvious ("All I ever wanted was to be a reporter in New York City").

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Anyone who has ever put on a public face when all they wanted to do was stay in bed should understand something about doing the internal hard work of compensating for a disability without showing outward manifestations of it.

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All they can do is give her their number, and offer their help if she ever wanted it.

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