Richter thinks that rather than acting like a billiard ball, the incoming photons acted like a wave.

Richter认为进去的光子与其说像个台球，不如说更像波。

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We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than best.

在营造生活时，我们的精力被分散到太多的地方，我们只是被动地适应而不会主动行动，而我们自己也不愿意去尽心尽力地营造我们的生活。

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We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best.

我们心不在焉的创造我们的生活，被动而不是主动，愿意去做但并不是最好的。

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Rather than acting as portfolio managers, Japan's banks and companies would do better to concentrate on running themselves.

ECONOMIST: Japanese business

But appearing on the same programme, Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng accused Labour of "playing parliamentary games" rather than acting out of principle.

BBC: Labour 'repositioning' itself on Europe - David Miliband

Discipline is about acting according to your goals, principles, and agreements rather than acting according to comfort or the feeling in the moment.

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