And more often than not, once we start down one path, we tend to stick to it.

很多时候，当我们开始踏上某条征程，我们会尝试着坚持下去。

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The problem, however, is that the steps never end – one success demands the next – and it’s easy enough to find yourself well down a path you never meant to take.

可是，问题在于成功之路漫长修远，没有尽头，成功了一次，就想成功第二次，你会不知不觉发现自己踏上了一条不归之路。

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Then one day as you walk down your normal path that is heavily worn from years of use down to the river you notice a little building way off the trail you're on.

直到有一天，正当你沿着你走了多年的正常路径到河边时，你突然在远处发现了一座林间小木屋。

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Still, you can push this argument too far, and wind up going down a dangerous path -- one that ultimately sets back the greater cause of trying to get television networks and film studios to create a broader range of meatier roles for Latino actors and actresses.

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But I just had an intuitive feeling that starting down that path, you know, would've led to my end in one way or the other.

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After a while, the things that made me a great footballer hampered my life progress and I came to resent every one of them and, in turn, it led me down a very dark path.

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