It's a Catch-22 situation here. Nobody wants to support you until you're successful, but without the support how can you ever be successful?

这就是一个相互矛盾的困窘。没有人想要支持你除非你已经成功了，但是如果没有人支持，你怎么可能成功呢？

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"If we're successful," their mission statement reads, "we believe this will be one of the most important and widely beneficial scientific advances ever made."

“如果我们成功了，”他们的任务声明写道，“我们相信这将是有史以来最重要、最有益的科学进步之一。”

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To be successful selling to them, you have to cater to their emotions and concerns more than ever before, even when selling products that men traditionally buy.

为了成功的向她们推销，你必须比以往更加迎合这部分人群的情感和关切，甚至传统上由男人来购买的产品也是一样。

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"I don't know if she ever aspired to be arguably the most powerful woman in the United States today, and one of the most successful.

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The top 25% may be as good, as bright, as motivated as ever, and will likely be as successful as ever.

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It is whether separation of railway infrastructure and operations can ever be successful.

ECONOMIST: Language barriers

You can be the most successful footballer who ever graced the pitch but you're never any closer to finding a meaning than somebody who has only played a handful of pub games.

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