We all know that when we say yes to one thing we are saying no to something else. If that committee you're on isn't providing you a sense of fulfillment or accomplishment as it once did, quit.

我们都知当我们对一件事情点头时也就是放弃了另一件事，如果你所在的委员会不能像曾经那样给你满足感成就感，请离开，如果球队枯燥乏味，请离开，如果研究院并不能给你所想要的，请离开。

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" And I took it and I started making movies with it and I started being as creative as I could, and never once in my life did my parents ever say, "What you're doing is a waste of time.

我拿着摄影机，开始拍摄和制作电影，我开始越来越有创意，而且我的父母从来没有讲过“你做这些简直是浪费时间！”

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But analysts say such a threat does not carry the weight it once did in Turkey.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

And if not, how do we roll back the calendar and deal with the expectation that whatever we say, if we did it once and it was successful, that we'll do it again?

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