I stared up into his stern face, challenging me to make the same decision as my brothers - asking without asking whether I was made of the same stuff.

我盯着父亲那张严肃的脸，他正准备承受我与哥哥们同样的决定给他带来那种失落感，他的表情告诉我，他正犹豫要不要问我是不是做了同样的决定。

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Let's face it: most of the time you don't need a "productivity system" to get stuff done.

让我们直面它：在大部分的时间里，你更笨不需要通过这样一个“高效系统”去做每一件事情。

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But even if you could, you would only have seen one face of the museum. In the basement, attic, turrets, back hallways and closets there's an equally dizzying array of awesome stuff.

纵然你声称自己可以眼观六路耳听八方，能将这些尽收眼底，那我告诉你你所看到的还只是博物馆的一个小侧面而已，因为在它的地窖、阁楼、塔楼、后门厅和橱柜里，还有更多让你眼花缭乱的神奇宝贝。

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When the whole Hurd stuff happened, Marc was the face of the HP board through that.

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On the other hand, standing behind what one believes is the right decision in the face of tremendous controversy is the stuff great leaders are made of.

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One, the fact that Apple is spending that kind of cash on equipment flies in the face of the idea that Apple is basically a place that invents stuff in Cupertino and then outsources everything to the likes of Foxconn.

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