They pass quickly, sometimes never to return again.

有些机会很快与我们擦身而过，更有时不会再有。

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Great opportunities to serve never last long. They pass quickly, sometimes never to return again.

服侍的好机会不会一直出现，它们转瞬即逝，有时也一去不返。

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And my expectation and hope is, is that they will get a bill together quickly, that they will pass it and get it on my desk.

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