What is the most important of life? It is direction, not position.

人生最重要的不是位置，而是方向。

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The most important thing in life is not position, but the way forward.

人生中最重要的不是位置，而是前进的方向。

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The most important of life is not position, but towards direction.

人生最重要的不是所处的位置，而是所朝的方向。

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And the fourth is a belief that a person's position in society is satisfactory and that getting respect does not require violence.

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Not even the muse Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, was in a position to avert a human tragedy like this.

即使是缪斯之一克莱俄帕，掌管史诗的女神，也不能避免这样一场人间悲剧。

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And so, he attempts to defend this position, justify it to his disciples who are worried that it may not be true.

所以,他试图捍卫他的观点,并试图说服,那些怀疑这一点的学生们

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So in essence, what I thought to be a big losing position was not a position at all.

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I'm not in a position -- while we've seen those reports, I'm not in a position to offer you any confirmation of them.

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Obeying the EU laws about not even defending a dominant position means leaving room for competitors, in a manner that the US rules about it being OK to defend but not leverage off that position do not.

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