An obsession with time, saving, gaming, wasting, losing and mastering it, seems to have been a part of humanity for as long as humans have existed.

人类对时间的执念——对其的节省、玩弄、浪费、丧失及掌控——似乎是人性的一部分，人类存在了多久，执念就存在了多久。

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An obsession with time, saving, gaming, wasting, losing, and mastering it, seems to have been a part of humanity for as long as humans have existed.

人类对时间的执念——对其的节省、玩弄、浪费、丧失及掌控——似乎是人性的一部分，人类存在了多久，执念就存在了多久。

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"It's about time the government stopped thinking about saving face, creating more uncertainty and wasting even more money on more legal challenges and sat down and worked out how we can put this on a sustainable footing, " she said.

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