"No,you taught me to navigate people's minds; but after what happened, there weren't a whole lot of legitimate ways for me to use that skill."

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The idea of working in an office, pushing papers 70 to 80 hours a week, although as lucrative as it might be, wasn't something I felt I will be really using my own personal skill set to benefit people on a mass level.

在办公室里一周做，70到80小时的琐碎工作，虽然会很赚钱，但是这并不是,我能真正用自己的能力,去造福大众的工作。

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He has also got all of these things, but the thing that sets him apart, that makes him the special kind of hero he is, is his skill in speech which doesn't mean only that he pronounces words very well, or that he selects them very well for beauty or something.

他也拥上述的品质,然而,他与众不同,称之为特别的英雄的是他的说话技巧,这不仅是指他完美的发音,或是,他能很好地遣词用句,措辞优美,或其他什么

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But patience isn't a skill that we hone quite as assiduously as French parents do.

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The right's most notable linguistic achievement isn't its skill in coining distracting catchphrases, but its success in capturing the language of everyday political discussion.

NPR: 'Talking Right': Why the Left Is Losing, Linguistically

Though smelling food isn't a survival skill anymore, it still serves a biological purpose.

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