"The have sentimental value, you know. It's from my kids, when they were growing up.

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As it was, He picked the best, the smartest, the most loving, the least sentimental, the most unimitative master He could have possibly picked.

事实上，他选中了最好的，最聪明的，他最忠诚的，最理智的，他能选择到的最独特的人选。

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Past isn't something to be glamorized to be the nostalgic about, sentimental about, because the past is gone.

过去不是用来让我们美化的,也不是让我们怀旧感伤的，因为过去了的就成了历史，消失不在了。

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