I realised at that moment that threading the needle for Mama was a very small favour compared to what she had already done and will be doing for us.

那个时候我意识到，与妈妈为我们做过的和即将做的事情相比，给妈妈穿针是非常小的事情。

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What we are doing is the hooked needle embroidery.

我们现在正在进行的就是勾绣。

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As long as I persevere in doing so, there is nothing you cannot achieve in the world. Certainly I can make a needle from the rod.

只要我坚持下去，世上没有办不到的事，我一定能把铁棒磨成针的。

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But Ford, it seems to me as taken people-like-me marketing to a strategic level and in so doing has moved the needle further than other companies have to date.

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Instead they talk about how they are compelled to do what they do, because moving the needle even a fraction is better than doing nothing.

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