当他想要放弃时，他想出了一个主意。

When he wanted to give up, he came up with an idea.

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如果他想要放弃别的工作而全身心地投入音乐中去，他必须面对这个折磨人的问题：大卖与否？

If he wants to quit his day job and pursue music full time, he's going to have to confront that aching question: to sell or not to sell?

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他放弃体育运动了，不是因为他非放弃不可，而是因为他想要那样。

He was through with sports, not because he had to be but because he wanted it that way.

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