By the same token, no matter how new you think your ideas are, sooner or later someone's going to come along and tell you that someone you've never heard of has already done them.

同样道理，无论你觉得自己的想法如何新颖，迟早会有人过来告诉你，有个你不知道的人早就实现过。

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Weary Americans and Allies will see merely a vague promise to start pulling troops out in 18 months 'time, with no new ideas as to how to win the war first.

忧虑的美国民众和盟友仅能看到一个含糊的承诺——在未来18个月开始撤军；但在如何率先取得战争胜利方面却毫无新意。

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Weary Americans and allies will see merely a vague promise to start pulling troops out in 18 months' time, with no new ideas as to how to win the war first.

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And though Mr Putin has made it clear more than once that military reform is a top priority, there is no sign of any new ideas on how to achieve this.

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While Mr Sachs proposes a global incentive fund for future vaccine development there are no ideas on how to expand access to existing new medicines.

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