When I ask people that simple yet profound question, "What do you want?" they sometimes answer, "I want it all!"

每当我问人们这个简单而又深刻的问题，“你追求的是什么？”他们有时这样回答，“我想拥有一切！”

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Sometimes people don't answer a question because they weren't listening or they didn't realize you wanted an answer.

有时候由于听众没有注意听，或者没有意识到你需要听众回答提问，因而没有回答提问。

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Sometimes people ask questions when they really want to express themselves and are not open to hearing an answer.

有时候，人们会在真正要表达自己且并不想听到一个回答的时候问问题。

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And it is not always easy to answer, because sometimes they do not always make their deepest or most fundamental questions altogether clear.

答案并不总是简单的，因为有时候它们不总是,让那些最深刻和最基础的,问题一起清楚地呈现。

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When he asks how many pills they need, sometimes the answer is: "Forty or 50 should do just fine, " Grossman says.

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And the answer they provide for why people sometimes act against their economic self-interest is the idea of choice.

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Sometimes it is seven days before they get an answer.

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