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I like actors - I used to be one.
我喜欢演员——我曾经是演员。
I used to work at a puppy nursery.
我以前在一家小狗托儿所工作。
The future ain't what it used to be.
未来不再是过去的样子了。
I want to be all used up when I die.
我想在死的时候把所有的精力都用完。
I have become that mother I used to dread.
我变成了我曾经害怕的母亲。
I used to love ninja movies. That was my thing.
我以前很喜欢看忍者电影。那是我的专长。
I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.
我曾经害怕看观众。
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
事情已今非昔比。
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
学校已经不是以前的样子了，从来都不是。
There are no managers like there used to be managers.
没有像过去那样的经理。
I used to be more of a wild kid. But I've slowed down.
我以前更像个野孩子。但我已经慢下来了。
There was a time when country never used to do videos.
有一段时间，国家从来没有做过视频。
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It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.
只有经过多年的准备，年轻的艺术家才应该触摸色彩——不是用来描述色彩的，而是作为一种个人表达的手段。
And I don't think that success is going to destroy me at this point in my life, like I used to think.
我不认为成功会像我过去认为的那样，在我人生的这个阶段摧毁我。
All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an artist, man, I don't do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important.
所有我曾经不屑一顾的东西——你知道，我是个艺术家，伙计，我不做那些家庭琐事——都开始变得非常重要。
It used to be you did TV or you did film. Now it's like a media blitz.
过去你要么做电视要么做电影。现在就像媒体的闪电战。
Many South African tribes used extracts from the African bush willow to heal the sick.
许多南非部落使用非洲灌木柳树的提取物来治病。
I was a bit of a handful when I was a kid because I was quite hyperactive. Even in the house my mum used to put me in my pram because I was so full-on.
当我还是个孩子的时候，我有点难对付，因为我非常活跃。即使在家里，我妈妈也会把我放在婴儿车里，因为我太投入了。