So it's probably not as final line as you might think, at least in my experience and in what I think is the best in government is make your policy choices first and then work out the politics.

所以可能并没有,你说的底线至少在我的经历中没有,我认为对政府最有益的是,先选择好政策,然后再谈政治。

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Whatever you think those are. Here, you might imagine different people disagreeing about-- oh, but throw in something--but if what you want to do is write the great American novel, then you've got the experience of staying up late at night not knowing how to make the plot work out, crushing pieces of paper and throwing them away.

你能想到的都在里面，可能有人不同意-,插入某某东西，比如你想,创作最伟大的美国小说，于是你获得熬夜的体验,纠结于如何构建情节，撕碎稿纸，扔在一边。

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