I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right. I think they must have small insight or great vanity.

每当有人跟我说他对一个人的首次印象向来不错的时候，我就耸耸肩。

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The upholstered furniture is the first layer, which I always think of as the canvas on which to paint.

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We're obviously a part of Sony and we do take a very long-term perspective on the business as a whole, and I'd always say, well instead of focusing on the first 6 months, I think the better perspective and great example to really see where things stand is really with the PS2.

ENGADGET: & Joystiq interview: Kaz Hirai and Jack Tretton, Presidents, Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc., and America

And I think the President has always looked at the first two years as a period of legislation, and at least the next year is a period of implementation and a period of continued economic -- taking steps to continue that economic recovery.

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