The notion of success haunts us: we spend million every year reading about the rich and famous, learning how to "make a fortune in real estate with no money down" and "dressing for success".

成功的概念一直萦绕着我们：我们每年花费百万阅读有关富人和名人的书籍，学习如何“在房地产上赚大钱而不用首付”，以及“如何打扮可以成功”。

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Success might make you rich, but it doesn’t allow you to be lazy.

成功可能会使你富有，但它不会允许你懒惰。

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Rather, most of the truly rich we talked to, especially the self-made ones, told us that having a good spouse had been critical to their success.

大多数富豪，尤其是那些白手起家的人表示，有个贤内助对他们的成功至关重要。

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You see, on one hand, this culture of success, You can do this, you can get rich, God wants you to be rich.

你看，一方面来说，有一种“成功文化“出现，“你能行的，你会富有，上帝希望你富有“

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Yes, they want to be rich and famous, but they want success simply to fall into their laps.

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In the letter, Cooperman argued that Obama has needlessly antagonized the rich by making comments that are hostile to economic success.

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Mr Riordan's success rests mostly on his extraordinary ability to get his rich friends to embrace their civic responsibilities.

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