I choose to believe in hard work, but not so much in talent.

我选择相信努力工作，但不太相信天赋。

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Tom is not alone in finding Rick hard to work with.

并不只是汤姆一人认为和里克难以共事。

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I know that he has tried hard; be that as it may, his work is just not good enough.

我知道他已经尽力了，尽管如此，他的工作仍不太理想。

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And one last expression, one that means do not worry or work too hard.

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They're efficient enough that you have to work hard to find opportunities, but not perfectly.

如果你付出足够的努力,还是能发现机会,所以市场并不完全有效

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it's not all just hard work, you can have fun as well

不光全是用功，你也可以好好玩，

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"Work hard, play hard" may not work for everybody, but there is certainly a group for whom it does work.

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And you know that progress comes from hard choices and hard work, not miracles.

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But when their mother, Gertrud, comes home and finds they're not hard at work, she's angry.

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