So conditioned are most of us to association of success with money that the thought of giving up a good salary for an idea seemed little short of insane.

在大家看来，要把成功跟金钱链到一起是需要一定条件的，所以为了一个信念放弃一份相当可观的薪水似乎有些愚蠢。

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He may be embarrassed to acknowledge he's a little short of funds himself, or maybe the money he lends you maybe he just needs too.

他可能不好意思承认自己其实也缺钱，或者他借给你的钱可能他自己也需要。

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If you want to change the atmosphere of a space, from the colors, I can spend very little money and a short time to achieve the objective function can even change the space.

如果要改变一个空间气氛，从色彩方面我可以花很少的钱和很短的时间就可以达到目的甚至可以改变空间功能。

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