When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it.

当你知道一件事，说你知道它；当你不知道一件事，容许你说不知道它。

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Whenever you catch yourself thinking that you do not want some thing or a thought, you can then say, "Oh, I know what I do not want."

无论何时，只要你发现自己在想自己的想要的东西或想法，你就可以对自己说：“哦，我知道我不想要的是什么了。”

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He continued: "I know that self-promotion happens a lot and if people want to do that, good luck to them, but I do not regard it as a positive thing."

他接着说到：“我知道经常会有自我炒作事件发生，如果别人想这样做，我会祝他们好运，但我并不认为这是件好事。”

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And you know it's not the necessarily a good idea to do it, you start with "The thing is".

你心里清楚这么做并不一定是个好主意，你就可以用“The thing is”来回答他们。

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