People take in sights and smells without a conscious series of instructions. So why should we reach into our pockets to look up information online?

人们平时看东西，闻东西的时候都不需要一系列复杂的说明书，那我们干嘛要费劲在线查找那些说明书呢？

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Stop making excuses. Just stop. No one wants to hear why you couldn't do something, so make a conscious decision to stop talking about it.

停止找借口。停下。谁也不愿意听你为什么不能做某件事的原因，所以，做出一个有意识的决定来停止谈论原因。

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Why not have it look cool because so many people are so image conscious in the city.

为什么不使他看起来更酷一些呢？这个城市很多人都是注重形象的。

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This produces prima fascia evidence as to why prospective investors should be so conscious of the value they pay when they invest in the stock.

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Sarah Kliff had a nice follow-on piece in the Washington Post that elaborates on my chart and some possible explanations for why consumers are so much less cost conscious in health care.

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And so why weren't we more conscious of it at the time?

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