Thinking of past and future brings us to another problem that has foxed scientists and philosophers: why time should have a direction at all.

过去和未来带给我们的另一个问题已经被科学家和哲学家解决了：为什么时间总是朝着一个方向流逝。

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Humans, says Edward M. Hallowell, have the ability to call up images of bad things that happened in the past and to anticipate future events.

爱德华·哈洛威尔说，人类有能力回忆过去发生的不好的事情，并预测未来的事件。

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Happiness is not a point of future and not a moment from the past, but a mindset that can be designed into the present.

幸福不是未来的某个节点，也不是过去的某个时刻，而是能够融入到当下的一种心境。

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My father was a veteran of the Korean War, and it really represents the future and the past and present."

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It's also a scene of crossings, bridging past and future.

同样也是遍布着连接过去与未来的岔路口。

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Their stories tell a lot about the past,present and future of professional soccer in America.

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As the figure below shows, during 2007, views of past and future credit availability were statistically indistinguishable.

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The story feels bleached of past and future, of context and consequence.

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Especially dangerous are those changes that would undermine one of the great, essential pillars of past and future prosperity: the limited-liability corporation.

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