The government, which has stepped back from its traditional role as a regulator of work time should take steps to make shorter hours possible.

政府已经从其传统的工作时间调节器的角色上退休了，并应该采取措施，使更短的工作时间成为可能。

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I felt it was important for women to join and take a leading role.

我感觉妇女参与并担任领导角色很重要。

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If you were in a management or leadership position, when discussing your current role, never take all the credit for accomplishments or achievements.

如果你处于管理或领导职位，在讨论你目前的角色时，不要把所有的成就都归功于自己。

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We never sell the wine before its time, something like that. On television, in different acting roles, he would take any worthless role in somebody's movie just because there was such a large fee, and he will pour that into his movies.

之前人们对这种酒闻所未闻，在电视上，在饰演,不同的角色时，他在一些电影中做不起眼的角色,因为这可以,赚到一大笔钱，然后可以投到自己的电影中。

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He previously discounted the possibility he would take a role in any future government.

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