Natural ability will not take the place of persistent hard work.

天赋代替不了不懈的艰苦的劳动。

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I had to be really persistent and it was very hard work.

我必须非常坚持，这是非常艰难的工作。

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If you want to succeed, you have to work hard and be persistent.

如果你想要成功，你必须努力工作，并持之以恒。

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While it might be hard to see that persistent quest for beauty at work in Sorger's basement bike shop, there is a certain elegance to its austerity.

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The most important message, I guess I would tell you, though, is what I tell my daughters, which is that America remains a country where if you work hard and you don't give up and you are persistent, you can succeed.

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