Only the pursuit of progress can be life's true goal. If you spend all your life in the pursuit, then you will experience many great moments in your life.

追求进步才是真正的生活目的，让一生都在追求中度过吧，那么在这一生里必定会有许多美好的时刻。

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For example, you spend all your life pining away for your partner hundreds or thousands of miles away when the thing that needs doing - your job, your degree, your life - is put on hold.

比如说，你把所有的精力花在为你那几百或者几千英里外的另一半而憔悴消瘦，这种时候，你正把需要做的工作，你需要完成的学业甚至你自己的生活搁置一边。

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You can't spend all your life chasing shadows.

你不能一辈子追求虚无缥缈的东西。

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You can spend your entire life devouring music, both new and old, and barely scratch the surface of all there is to discover.

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