To a great extent, economists are the conscience of society who seek underlying truth even at their personal sacrifices, under the spirit of the free play of the mind.

在很大程度上，经济学家就是社会的良知，他们秉承心灵自由翱翔之精神，追寻深层真理，即使作出个人牺牲也在所不惜。

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When I've got work on my mind, my son's request to play cars is an annoyance rather than an invitation into the world of imaginative play with my child.

所以，当我脑子里面想着工作的事情的时候，我孩子让我去和他一起玩汽车就变成一件麻烦事，还不如在一起虚拟的世界和他玩玩虚构的游戏呢。

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But to my mind the game that makes the finest use of music isn't an expensive boxed production, but one that is free to play online: Auditorium.

但是在我看来，将音乐的作用发挥到极致的，并不是那些昂贵的游戏产品，而是一款免费的网络游戏：《大礼堂》。

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I think that the part of somebody's mind that makes them want to play the lottery that much

我认为，人们之所以想买彩票是意念的问题，

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Certainly it is difficult to put ourselves in that situation, but I for one know that in a state of exhaustion and waking, the mind can play all sorts of tricks.

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They are the fantastic play of light and dark from a feverish mind that perceived acutely the driving issues of its time, but could wage war only with the tools of the artist.

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