It's really the difference between perseverance in my case, and genius-- pure, unadulterated genius-- in the case of Chopin.

这真是差距,勤奋的普通人,比如我,和天才,浑然天成的天才,比如肖邦,之间的差距

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It took a lot of hard work and perseverance and that's really where it went to.

这花费了我大量的心血,我的成功正是我努力地结果。

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