You'll never really know to the degree that your self-esteem is rooted in your work until your work is removed.

某种程度上，你决不会真的认为你的自尊心根植于你的工作，在你被解除工作之后。

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But excessive cockiness is not a sign of too much success. Rather, it is usually rooted in insecurity and lack of self-confidence.

但是这种夸夸其谈并不是获得成功的表现，相反，它是一种不自信、缺乏安全感的表现。

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It was rooted specifically in the self-interest of the states concerned, and more widely in a vague belief in an alliance between states for the protection of states.

这在根本上关乎相关国家的自身利益，而对于联盟将会保护受害国，国家之间都抱着微弱的信念。

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Yet while some critics praise Mr Marsalis's achievement, others reject it as too self-consciously rooted in the past.

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