When the facts of life comes, or baby insist, sometimes I feel very tired, others seem silly.

当生活的现实来临时，自己还是孩子似的坚持，有时感觉很累，别人看来很傻。

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So long as Mr Yeltsin remains president, it may seem, Russia is unlikely to do anything silly, whatever Mr Primakov or others may privately wish.

ECONOMIST: Russia and Kosovo