A mind bent on returning is like an arrow.

在返回一个心灵弯曲如箭。

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The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven."

子曰：“吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。”

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These two little words gave him a fresh impulse, and he bent his mind again to his task.

仅仅这两个字就给了他一种新的冲动，他又把心思放在了任务上。

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While her father became involved in the Zionist politics that gave birth to Israel, Mona bent her mind to her opening game.

ECONOMIST: Mona Karff

Indians, once fixed in the American mind's eye as bands of howling savages bent on doing no good to John Wayne, are nowadays more often seen as the devoted children of Mother Earth, determined to preserve the planet for future generations.

ECONOMIST: Indians versus greens