However, they are sometimes nervous, sometimes arrogant and this attitude has caused many tragedies.

然而，他们有时也紧张，有时却自大，这种态度已经造成了很多悲剧。

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“I think he’s sometimes misconstrued as arrogant, and I don’t think he is,” says Aly, who joined the protests against the regime in recent weeks.

我想他有时候被误解了，人们认为他傲慢自大，但我不认为如此。

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Better, I think, to make a difference and run the risk of failing sometimes, of being made fun of, and yes, appearing arrogant.

我认为，应该对事情有所改变，冒着有时会失败，会被嘲笑，当然还有被认为很自大的风险做事。

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Moreover, Mr Kahn is wonderfully unlike South Africa's patrician, sometimes arrogant, white mine-owners.

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Another reason why French companies in aggregate have not done so well in China, says Wang Jiann-Yuh, director-general of the France-China Committee, part of MEDEF, the French employer's union, is that French businesspeople can be impatient, sometimes arrogant, and overly focused on short-term results.

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He can sometimes appear arrogant and dismissive.

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