So they refused to accept the pay raise.

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He was frustrated because he just lost a sale of a $2000 piece of glass that he had just made because the woman who wanted to pay him only had a credit card and he couldn't accept credit card.

他很沮丧,因为他刚刚失去一次将玻璃艺术品,以2000美元卖出的机会,有位女士想要买他的艺术品,但是只用信用卡付账,但他不愿意用信用卡交易。

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And we pay a very high price for this inability, for this refusal to accept the fact that it is part of human nature that is constrained, that is there no matter what.

我们为这种无能付出高昂代价，为拒绝接受,本性受约束，生而有之的事实，付出高昂代价。

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