The "time to think" so many of us naively pine for allows us to consolidate memories, integrate what we have learnt, plan for the future, maintain our moral compass and construct a sense of self.

我们许多人出于本能渴望的“思考时间”使我们得以巩固记忆、整合我们所学的知识、规划未来、恪守我们的道德指南针，并构建自我意识。

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Instead of measuring progress through accomplishments, time is the featured compass.

而不是通过成就进行衡量，时间是特色的罗盘。

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This means that if you took two trips 10 years apart to the North Magnetic Pole by following a compass, you'd end up at a different destination each time. Theory 8:2012 and the end of the world.

这意味着，如果你相隔10年跟着指南针所指方向去北极的话，那么这两次你所到的目的地是不同的。

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Republican John McCain showed once again he has his own compass and his own view of what the Republican Party should be doing with its time in power.

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Instead of relying solely on GPS to determine position, the SiRFstarV architecture gathers real-time information from GPS, Galileo, Glonass and Compass (when operational) satellites, multiple radio systems, such as cellular and Wi-Fi(R), and multiple MEMS sensors, like accelerometers, gyros and compasses.

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