To get down to it, you have to cut away what is not true, what is inflated, beside the point, excess, ornament.

更直接点，你们要去掉不真实的，除了这点还有膨胀的，过量的和装饰的。

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Described by 20th-century economist Arthur Lewis, this is the point at which excess labor in low-productivity industries has been fully absorbed into the high-productivity industries.

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Two-point-five percent had excess bleeding, versus 1.9% for placebo, and 8.0% had infections, versus 6.6% of those on placebo.

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An excess of confidence in your own own point of view or capabilities can harden into dogmatism, inflexibility, not listening.

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