I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley.

我成了公众的非常负面示范，我甚至想要离开硅谷。

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The great thing about getting older is that this sort of public failure gets rarer too.

年龄增长的一个好处，就是这种当众失败的情况越来越少见。

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I was a very public failure and I even thought about running away from the Valley.

我是一个非常公开的失败而我甚至想过逃离矽谷。

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But the failure of the talks has also hurt the Taliban's image among the Pakistani public.

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On Wednesday, German bank Helaba withdrew from the stress tests to avoid public failure.

BBC: Eight banks fail EU stress test with 16 in danger zone

But Nyad's biggest success came only after her biggest, most public failure.

CNN: Nyad delays attempt to break distance-swim record

And where else can public failure be so easily shrugged off?

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