Setting yourself up before the fact so that you can win an argument after the fact, so that you didn't--you just got unlucky.

在事实发生之前先给自己预设一下结局,你就能在事实发生之后赢得一场争论，所以你并不是不能做到-，只是不走运而已。

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All of which will make you begin to realise that this is one prize that you didn't really want to win.

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And I know you didn't do this just to win an election.

CNN: Transcript: 'This is your victory,' says Obama

You didn't promise that the Gators would win every game the rest of the way, but it's a testament to his leadership that they did because he said we'll always play hard.

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