他说任何经济改革都面临过一些不成功的开始和错误。

Any economic reform, he said, faced false starts and mistakes.

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当赛季刚开始，前面几场都赢了的时候，他们打得不好，可是赢了，他们以6胜1负开局，但是这样的成绩是一个脆弱的，不成功的开始。

When the season began, after the first few good wins, they weren't very good, but they won. They went 6-1, but it was a fragile, false start.

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或者，按我的说法：如果一开始不成功，那么在其他地方试试是否可以造成同样的问题。

Or, as I jest: if at first you don't succeed, see if you can break it somewhere else.

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