There is no better time to start a new company or a new idea than a depression or recession because a lot of the management teams were being asked to leave.

金融衰退和大萧条是,建立一个公司或是发展一个新想法的最好时机,因为很多管理团队都被辞退了。

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So, quite an interesting situation which allowed for other ideas to bubble up.

这种怪异的状况,让很多其他想法冒了出来。

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I became fascinated with the idea that the PC could really change a lot of things.

我深深地着迷于,个人电脑可以带来很多变化这个想法。

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We know that this isn't true because there are communities where they don't speak to their kids.

我们知道这种想法是错误的,是因为在很多社会中,家长是不和他们孩子说话的

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The idea was that a lot of people can't afford a house -let's all get together and pool our money -in a Building Society or Saving and Loan Association -and then we'll loan out to some of us to buy the house.

当初的想法是,很多人都买不起房子,那我们就把钱凑在一起,放到一个建房互助协会或储贷协会里,然后向我们中那些要买房的人发放贷款

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Maybe they would, if they knew where I was going to go on so doggedly and do all these publications but being having the kind of mentality I have now that this student might claim that I have more to cover I've never been kicked out of the professional.

不过要是他们知道我会这么坚持不懈地做下去,还发表这么多书的话,当时的人或许会允许我，宽容我,但是如果那个学生带着我刚才的想法，的话,他或许会说,我还有很多要研究的呢,我一直都是专家。

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