He has his place in the Asian team not because he is white but because he is good.

他在亚洲队有一席之地，不是因为他是白人而是因为他很出色。

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He was through with sports, not because he had to be but because he wanted it that way.

他放弃体育运动了，不是因为他非放弃不可，而是因为他想要那样。

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He philosophized, he admitted, not because he was certain of establishing the truth, but because it gave him pleasure.

他承认自己反复推究不是因为他确定找到了真理，而是因为那给了他很多乐趣。

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He said the eighteen twenty compromise worked -- not because Congress passed it -- but because the states agreed to it.

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But it's not because of some magical property in the fruit itself, but because of the action of disobedience itself.

但并不是因为苹果本身拥有的魔力，而是因为叛逆这一行为本身。

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You know, for me, it's not because it's not in my budget.

对我来说，不是因为它不在我的预算之内。

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And I raise that not because we shouldn't have a series discussion about it.

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Well, they win because they have the best players, not because of what they do.

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Not because you were bound to win, but because you were bound to be true.

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