They are things people say that have a special meaning.

它们就是人们所说的有特殊意义的事物。

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Psychologist Martin Seligman explains that it's not the praise and positive things people say, but encountering and experiencing repeated successes.

心理学家Martin Seligman解释说，不是人们的赞扬本身，而是经历和体验反复成功这一过程在起作用。

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We pick messages that are compelling, things people say that, when you read it, you get a chill, ” said Mr. Kelleher, 47. “I send him letters that are uncomfortable messages.”

“我们挑选的是引人注目的信件，这些来信像人们常说的那样，读了就会不寒而栗，”47岁的凯莱赫先生说，“我呈送给他的信里都是些看了令人不安的信息。”

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Doctors say people can do many things to protect themselves from the dangers of extreme heat.

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So why I didn't necessarily say to myself "These people are just wrong!", I discovered there were many things about other communities and cultures that I just didn't know.

我并没有对自己说,“这些人肯本就是错了！“,相反，我发现了许多,我原先根本不知道的,有关别的社区和文化背景的事情。

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But he would go around and people would ask him his opinions on politics and he would say things like "Well, I like being in the garden."

但人们遇到他,会问他对政治有什么看法,他会说“我喜欢在花园里”

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The self-destructive things people say on the Internet live forever.

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' And this is aggravated, you know, by things people say, like, certainly statements like Senator Biden saying that Guantanamo should be closed down because it's bad publicity, is also derided and, you know, poked fun at, that the idea was not that he was against it because it was bad but that it was bad publicity.

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This was less than many economists had feared especially because most of it went on things that people say they would have bought in any case, and some of it on other things (foreign holidays, for example) which would not push up inflation.

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