They took action and may have failed repeatedly, but the difference is that they didn't wait around for a great idea to just pop into their heads.

他们会采取行动，虽然会经历许多次的失败，但是其中的区别就是他们不会等待着灵感跑进他们的头脑。

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So the basic idea was fine, but I failed to satisfy the initial condition that the answer had to be between the lower bound and the upper bound. Right?

因此基础的思想是对的，但是程序没能满足，正确答案在给定的区间内这个条件，对不对？

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In later years he voiced the idea that he had failed at everything in life except music, but in that he was preeminent.

数年后他曾说，他这辈子除了音乐可谓是一事无成，但单单就在这音乐里，他却达到了令无数人无法望其项背的高度。

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But that idea failed. So the agency decided to use the plane for what was then a new practice: smokejumping.

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So the basic idea was fine, but I failed to satisfy the initial condition that the answer had to be between the lower bound and the upper bound. Right?

因此基础的思想是对的，但是程序没能满足,正确答案在给定的区间内这个条件,对不对？

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