The one thing he didn't have was a son. I think he's felt that a grandson is the next best thing.

有一样东西他没有，就是儿子。我觉得他有个外孙感觉也不错。

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Keep the main thing the main thing!

把重要的事情放在首位。

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However, I do think that an element of stress is a good thing, and if used the right way, can actually be a positive thing.

然而，我认为压力元素确实是一件好事，且如果处理得当，它实际上是可以带来积极影响的事。

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He says this new independent office will have a lot of responsibility -- and that is a good thing.

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Bob Metcalfe Hi, my name is Bob Metcalfe. I'm here today to talk about the Next Big Thing-the video internet.

嗨，我的名字叫,今天我要在此谈论下一重大事件--网络视频。

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So that's the key thing to-- to realize; that what the assignment did was have two separate paths to the same object.

认识到赋值会造成两个独立的绑定到;,同一对象上这件事情很关键,因此我可以通过这一条或者。

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Getting more knowledge is not the only thing--or even the most important thing--that produces great performance.

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But here's -- here's the thing -- here's the thing that I guess all of us have to be mindful of, it can't be all or nothing, one way or the other.

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So a second takeaway is that doing the wrong thing -- and by the wrong thing we mean attaching assistance to a web of politically motivated strings to federal loans -- will only lead to a bigger catastrophe down the road.

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