Parents, teachers, even the kids themselves, scored the youngsters on measures like "acting before thinking" and "persistence in reaching goals".

父母、老师，甚至孩子们自己，会对孩子们的一些行为方式进行评估，例如“先行动，后思考”和“为达到目标而坚持努力”等等。

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Acting before thinking always results in failure.

做事之前不加考虑总会导致失败。

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Here I was in this joke job of acting, thinking it 'd be a laugh before I did something more serious, and just as I was about to get out, Four Weddings and a Funeral happened "."

我只是把演戏当作好玩的职业，想在我做些严肃的事情之前乐一阵子，就在我刚想退出时，《四个婚礼和一个葬礼》出名了。

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