Many of his songs seemed to ask: "Why can't we make this marriage work?"

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So you might ask well, why are we using this model if it clearly doesn't take into account quantum mechanics?

那么大家可能会问为什么我们要用这个,显然没有考虑量子力学的模型呢？

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We're not being merely churlish, I think, if we want to ask why someone would want to write a poem in such a form.

我们要问为什么会有人,想要写这种形式的诗并非毫无道理。

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It makes no more sense to ask why a Lean Startup has not returned its investment in a truly spectacular way than to ask why a student term paper or senior thesis in college is not a Harry Potter level bestseller.

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But Robert Kennedy had a wonderful saying, where he said, some people see things and ask why, and others see things that need changing and ask, why not.

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When you ask them why they took on a huge challenge, they ask: Why not?

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