For many people, the initial sense of urgency to create easily dies away because it requires making the tough decision: taking the time to create, stealing it from yourself if it's the only way.

对许多人来说，最初的创作紧迫感很容易消失，因为这需要你做出艰难的抉择：花时间去创作，如果别无他法，就从自己身上挤时间。

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Most Roman pottery is light and smooth to touch and very tough, although, like all pottery, it shatters if dropped on a hard surface.

大多数罗马陶器轻巧而光滑，摸起来很硬，但像所有的陶器一样，如果掉在坚硬的物质上就会碎裂。

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If you find it tough going, try a book more oriented to beginners — but be sure to read this one later.

如果您觉得它很难，可以试着阅读主要面向初学者的书—但之后请一定阅读该书。

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"If I could get done what I think needs to get done in four years, even if it meant that I was only president for four years, I would rather be a good president taking on the tough issues for four years, than a mediocre president for eight years,".

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I rather suspect if J. J. hadn't gotten his Nobel, it probably would have been tough for Rutherford to get one since some of these guys stood on the committees.

我认为如果J。J没有得到诺贝尔奖，那么这也会是一件很困难的事,对卢瑟福来说的话,因为他们中的一些人和委员会的是一致的。

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It's tough, but if you work overnight you can do it.

这可能很困难，但你要是通宵熬夜的话，你是可以完成的。

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"It if happens, it will be tough, but we'll manage through it, " said one airline executive who declined to be named.

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Several of the bill's authors have said the American public only is willing to accept citizenship, still derided by some as amnesty, if it comes with tough conditions.

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She may be Europe's most powerful leader now, but could she deliver her country (or the rest of the continent) if it came to tough action against Iran?

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