The sovereign is not the direct expression of my will or your will, but rather an abstraction from my natural desire to rule myself.

君主制不是对我的，或者你的意志的直接表达,不如说是一种抽象概念,是源于自己统治自己的自然愿望。

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That means assuming the quality of a watch fits your own personal standards, it is difficult to put a price on artistic expression or emotional desire.

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The Phillips had been exhibiting contemporary art, but Ms. Kosinski saw an opportunity for "the perfect expression of the desire to experiment, to let viewers have encounters with art on their own terms, " she says, thus reinvigorating a key component of the museum's original mission.

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Think of all the other tools we use to indulge our vanity and pursue our desire for self-expression and self-promotion.

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