When she asked why, he simply said, "Because they are ugly and scary, I don't like them."

当她问为什么时，他只是回答：“因为他们又丑陋，又吓人，我不喜欢。”

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When asked in a recent interview how he selects his projects, he simply said he follows his interests and that he likes to get things "on the shelf".

当在近期一档采访中被问及他是如何选择项目的，他很坦白地说他是追求自己的兴趣，喜欢拿掉被“束之高阁”的事情。

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He said she had no opportunity to even ask a question because he simply asked her how she had got the number, told her never to call it again and put the phone down.

他说他甚至没有给她机会提问，因为他仅仅是问她如何得到这个号码的，并且告诉他不要再打过来，然后就挂断了。

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Instead, he asked them simply to gather data on their own infection rates.

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Doctor Ramahi told me that in London he'd simply asked for charitable funds from Essam Yusuf.

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And when he was asked why, he basically admitted it was simply partisan payback.

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