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Most of us assume that external things — a bigger house, a better job, a winning lottery ticket — will brighten our lives.

我们中绝大多数以为外部因素——一座大点的别墅、一个好点的工作、一张获胜的奖券——会照亮我们的生活。

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We must remember that those things are external things and are therefore not our concern.

我们必须记住这些都是外在的，因此不是我们关切之所在。

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Frankly, my own feeling about this is that we have a pause in the relationship, and it has nothing to do with external things like Syria or others, but more maybe with the difficult political season in the U.S. So do you expect real progress in any areas this year?

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My approach to life required me to believe that many of the bad things that happened to me were brought on by external events, things which I could not control.

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This makes them better portfolio managers, in the sense that they see things that external investors miss.

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