"It was the genius of my teacher, her sympathy,her love which made my first years of education so beautiful.

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It's really the difference between perseverance in my case, and genius-- pure, unadulterated genius-- in the case of Chopin.

这真是差距,勤奋的普通人,比如我,和天才,浑然天成的天才,比如肖邦,之间的差距

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And then, my favorite one is: "You're a genius all the time."

然后是我最喜欢的一句，你一直是个天才“

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I'm sixty-four years old and I haven't had one second of genius in my entire life.

我已经六十四岁了,这辈子都没有哪怕一秒钟灵光乍现的时候

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