Once you do, you'll have a better understanding of where you are now and how you got here, and you'll be better equipped to identify where you want to go and how to get there.

一旦你知道了，你就会更明了现在你在哪里，你是如何才来的这里，你会更清楚你要往哪儿去，你要如何到达那里。

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Two tragedies of human beings lie in the two popular misconceptions: 1the past and the future are always better than the present. 2what we can't get always seems better than what we have got.

人类的两大悲剧在于认识上的两大误区：1过去和未来总是比现在更美好2得不到的总是比得到的更好。

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I got to get a better demo.

我得找个更好的样本了

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

We've got to get better and right across the board.

BBC: Dixon expects 'stern' Giants test

Apparently, things had to get worse before they got better.

FORBES: Doctor Doom

After that, he worked at a chai (tea) stall and then at a dhaba (roadside eatery), where he didn't get paid but got something even better: food and shelter.

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