坚持是一段接一段的短跑赛程，而不是一个长跑赛程。

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short RACES one after another.

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凡人一生就是旅客，一段接一段的旅程，无数起点，未知终点。

Mortal life is like tourists, section by section of the journey, Numerous starting point, unknown end.

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So if you answer the phone, you'll be saving me from a long conversation that will last ten hours.

如果你去接电话的话，我就可以免于一段又臭又长的谈话的痛苦了。

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