I feel that growing plants is just like trying to succeed with anything in life it takes not only time but also lots of efforts and patience.

我觉得种植植物就像试图在生活中取得成功，不仅需要时间，也需要大量的努力和耐心。

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Life it not so?

人生何尝不是如此呢？

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Instead of being real life, it is, for the most part, impression management, a way of marketing yourself, carefully choosing and filtering the pictures and words to put your best face forward.

它不是真实的生活，很大程度上，它属于印象管理，是一种自我营销，通过仔细地给照片添加滤镜以及编辑文字，把自己最好一面展现出来。

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It is not chaos or death -- it is form,union,plan -- it is eternal life -- it is Happiness.

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You didn't realize how much part of your life it was going to become.

你没想到你生命中有多少东西,将会发生改变。

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I think Columbia has... I think there is a little more life to it. It's a little bit busier.

我觉得哥伦比亚大学.……更有活力一些，更忙碌一些。

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At least, in everyday life it isn't--outside of the occasional "cheat day" on a diet.

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