Successs and failure was standing on the same starting line, just beyond their own success, and fail not to surpass my own, because of this, the results of the two completely different.

成功的人和失败的人本来是站在同一起跑线上的，只不过成功的人超越了自己，而失败的人没有超越自己，正因为这样，两人的结果完全不同。

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It is ironic that many people see success as completely of their own making and failure as largely influenced by events beyond their control.

具有讽刺意味的是，许多人把成功完全看作自己的功劳，失败主要受超出他们控制的事情的影响。

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This is a project whose success or failure will send massive ripples throughout the Bahamas and maybe the region beyond, and one whose cooperation between governments local, Bahamian and Chinese and private enterprise may provide a model for such mega-developments going forward.

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