News Corp.'s foray into the Internet seemed like a dicey proposition last year, and many people were happy to predict its failure.

新闻集团去年进入互联网业似乎是个冒险的举动。 很多人幸灾乐祸地预测这一举措的失败。

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Sometimes the difference between a happy, successful outcome and a dismal failure, is only a slight shift in perception.

有时候快乐、成功的结果或者是令人沮丧的失败仅仅是因为观念上细微的差异而导致的不同后果。

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Life is but thirty thousand days, success failure are calm, is obviously don't care about, a happy and healthy is the most valuable.

人生不过三万天，成功失败均坦然，是非恩怨莫在意，健康快乐最值钱。

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"All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs, " reflected the Conservative politician Enoch Powell.

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