For a long time I stopped meditating because I never felt that I could get my mind to stay quiet.

我很久以来都没有继续冥想是因为我从未感觉到我可以使自己的内心保持平和。

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I never expect to call a market bottom, and certainly not for long-cycle assets like houses, but I seem to have come pretty close.

我从未指望能预测到市场底部，当然对楼市这样周期较长的资产更是如此，不过看起来我的预测非常接近事实。

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'We prepared and prepared and talked about safety measures for a long time. But I honestly never thought something like this would happen,' he said.

他说，很久以来我们再三准备，讨论安全措施，但坦白讲，我从来没想到会发生这样的事。

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"I've been a cricket fan for a long time but I have never seen such excitement surround a cricket tournament before, " he said.

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But never for too long, because I had the help and support of an amazing, unselfish and fearless committee of fellow probation officers, who on top of their fulltime workloads, stood by me, reassured me, and above all inspired me, to keep going.

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