Friendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more acceptable as a friend if it simulated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another.

友谊不是一天建立起来的，如果电脑能模拟出一个人认识另一个人的过程中所发生的渐进变化，那么它将更容易被人们接受为朋友。

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Friendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more acceptable as a friend if it imitated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another.

友谊不是一天就能建立起来的，如果电脑能模仿一个人逐渐了解另一个人时发生的变化，那么作为朋友它会更容易被接受。

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However, if you have a nice dinner at one restaurant, and then learn about another better restaurant, you'll not regret the first meal.

然而，如果你在一家餐厅吃了一顿不错的晚餐，然后再去另一家更好的餐厅，你不会后悔第一顿饭。

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"They are electing a president and this is good. If they are not satisfied, they will elect another one."

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Somewhere along the line in one damn incarnation or another, if you like, you not only had a hankering to be an actor or an actress, but to be a good one. You're stuck with it now.

在线路的某个地方，在化身或其他东西里，如果你想要，你不仅能渴望成为一个演员,也能成为一个出色的演员，你想现在是被困住了。

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So, if you're looking for another reason to quit, if you're looking for a reason not to start smoking, here's another good one.

因此，如果你正在寻找戒烟的另一个理由，如果你正在寻找一个不开始吸烟的理由，这就是很好的一个。

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There are always factors in life that are going to affect you in one way or another, and if it's not one thing today it'll be something else tomorrow.

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Ordinarily, if one party accuses another of deliberately not consulting them about a sensitive initiative, the other side hits back.

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When they get a quarter of the way around the track, you check to see if you're on the leading horse--and if you're not, you jump over to another one.

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