Forthousands of years, we have been jumping out at people, trying to distractthem, grab their attention and sell them something, and they have responded bydoing as they are told.

数千年来，我们一直向人们发起冲锋，试图转移他们的视线，攫取他们的注意力，卖东西给他们；并且一旦得到信息，他们都会做出反应。

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Just remember that it's better to settle for lower pay at a job that can teach you something than to sell out on your goals.

只是你要记住，宁愿做一份工资低一点但是能让你成长的工作也不要放弃你的目标。

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Jobs said he was still skeptical. Amazon, he pointed out, has never released sales Numbers for the Kindle, and "usually, if they sell a lot of something, you want to tell everybody."

乔布斯回答说他依然对此持怀疑态度，他指出，Amazon还从来没有公布过Kindle阅读器的销量，“通常来讲，如果一件东西卖得好，你是巴不得让每个人都知道的。”

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At the end of the day who, besides someone who wants to sell you something or go out with you, deeply cares to know you can't get enough of Jackson Browne's tunes and blue Gatorade?

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