As pressure is applied, something has to give, and we tend to neglect those things that do not provide immediate relief — we just attack the alligators.

当受到时间的压迫时，有些东西就应该放弃，我们通常会忽略那些不能直接减轻压力的事情——我们只知道要攻击鳄鱼。

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If I'm competing in a big competition, I tend to do the same and listen to something hard and fast before my events.

如果我在一个大的比赛项目中参加比赛的话，我也会做同样的事，就是比赛前听些金属或是激速的歌。

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In life, the most interesting things tend to happen when you're on your way to do something else.

生活中最有趣的事情往往发生在你正打算做另一件事情时。

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When companies do poorly at innovation, and most do, they tend to throw every idea out onto the market, hoping something will work.

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They tend to get sellers who wander into the business for want of something better to do, says Kenneth Jackson , personnel director for Asbury Automotive (nyse: ABG - news - people ), a Stamford, Conn.

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Occasionally Facebook will do something greedy and stupid like the recent Instant Personalization feature, and they may not tend to rush to keep users in the loop when they do.

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