Our UPDATE glass is half full, not half empty.

我们的update杯子是半满，而不是半空。

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Optimists always say the glass is half full, not half empty.

乐观主义者总是说，杯子有一半是满的，而不是说杯子有一半是空的。

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By the end of this Valentines week you realise that your glass is indeed half full and not half empty anymore.

到这个情人节周末，你意识到你的杯子是半满而不再是半空。

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But I really want to focus on the half-full part of the glass tonight, not the half-empty.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: 2011 Freedom Flame Award: John Lehman

Dan Harris of the China Law Blog (and one of our China Tracker contributors), responding to another bullish commentary, says the glass is half empty, not half full.

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Security papers like these tend to emphasize the part of the glass that is half-empty, so many readers might not have appreciated how few people were affected, even potentially.

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