I put it all down to his hard work and initiative.

我把这一切归因于他工作既勤奋又主动。

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Agricultural advance in so vast a country, with such a large population and backward economy as in China, requires above all else mobilizing the initiative of peasants to work hard and self-reliantly.

我们的国家大，人口众多，经济落后，农业要搞上去，最重要的还是要调动农民的积极性，自力更生，艰苦奋斗。

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Tens of millions of American families have travelled the same path as ours. They've found success through their own hard work and initiative, but it was only possible because.

数以千万计的美国家庭走过了与我们相同的路。

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Mr. Romney will be on strong ground defending free enterprise as a system that rewards initiative, hard work and sacrifice and in doing so creates widespread prosperity that he will seek to extend to every corner of the nation.

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McGuffey's Readers, the books on which generations of American children were raised, have plenty of stories treating initiative, hard work and entrepreneurialism as virtues, but just as many stories praising the virtues of self-restraint, personal integrity and concern for those who depend on you.

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Our celebration of initiative and enterprise, our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, these are constants in our character.

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