The printed word is no substitute for personal discussion with a great thinker.

印刷字无法替代与伟大思想家的当面交流。

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We've all heard at least one anecdote about a great thinker.

我们都至少听说过一位伟大思想家的趣闻逸事。

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According to one great thinker, it is most unfortunate if we lose the ability to think differently.

一位伟大的思想家说过，如果我们失去了用不同方式思考的能力，那是最不幸的

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The great architect, the thinker is the composer and the performer, the violinist, gets this piece of-- gets this blueprint or black print in the case of musical notation and is expected simply to replicate the black print.

伟大的建筑师,构想者,是作曲家,而演奏者,比如小提琴手,拿到这张,拿到这张蓝图之后,对音乐记谱法来说该叫,黑图,他只是被要求简单地把黑图复制出来

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Former prime minister Gordon Brown paid tribute, describing Mr Wicks as "a great thinker, writer, campaigner and parliamentarian".

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Another modern law was best described by banking legend Walter Wriston, a great thinker who died a year ago.

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"He was a great thinker, " said Hadi Sekura, of Chatham House, a London-based organization for the analysis of international issues.

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