Dreaming without hard work will never amount to nothing!

只有梦想，而不付出艰辛的努力是不会有任何成就的。

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Good intentions amount to nothing without a plan of action.

空有美好愿望而无有效计划，终归一无所成。

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Some people believe that , without history, our lives amount to nothing.

有些人相信，没有历史，我们的人生等于零。

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The men who stood around and did nothing until they were called to act earned precisely the same amount as those who had been laboring in the vineyard all day. They're not punished for their unprofitable expectation.

那些站在那里什么都没干,直到有人来催的人和那些在葡萄园里,干了一整天的人拿的钱一样多,他们没有因为没有上进心。

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Given Kidd's illustrious career, though, those end-of-career failures will amount to nothing more than footnotes.

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Cynics also say that inclination may amount to nothing more than giving to your favourite hobbies rather than tackling the basic needs of society.

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If the reforms amount to nothing more than shuffling corporate assets, they will not have much effect (especially if the already stretched banks are forced to absorb most of the bad debt).

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