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决定
Decided
For a long time, I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was desperate to find something that fit me and I just decided that if I could organically make a professional living out of the things that interested me, then I would be a happy person.
很长一段时间，我不知道我长大后想做什么。我迫切地想找到适合自己的工作，于是我决定，如果我能从自己感兴趣的事情中有机地过上专业的生活，那么我就会是一个快乐的人。
My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence; they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet.
我和妻子决定不让任何人给我们家拍照，因为这是地球上最后一个没有受到伤害的地方。但是人们已经越过了栅栏;他们拍了航拍。他们得到了我的地址并把它放到了网上。
Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession.
起初，我打算学医，但在上大学之前，我已经决定，我将更适合我的职业，我可以把我的活动和兴趣更多地集中在一个单一的目标上，而不是在我父亲的职业中，这似乎是不可能的。
There is a time for everything, also for my time in politics which has been long and eventful. Now I believe it is time for others to take the baton that was passed to me following the crash. I have therefore decided to leave political life at the end of this term.
每件事都有一个时间，我在政治上的时间也是如此，这是一个漫长而多事的时期。现在，我相信，是时候让其他人接过事故发生后传给我的接力棒了。因此，我决定在本学期结束时离开政治生活。
People are constantly asking Portia and me if we are going to have children. We thought about it. We love to be around children after they've been fed and bathed. But we ultimately decided that we don't want children of our own. There is far too much glass in our house.
人们总是问我和波西亚我们是不是要生孩子。我们想过了。我们喜欢在孩子们吃过饭、洗过澡之后和他们在一起。但我们最终决定不要我们自己的孩子。我们家的玻璃太多了。
As a historian, I love every little detail, but whole long passages about wood paneling and journeys on horseback and every stop at every inn had to go out the window. I decided the history in the books should be like spice in a soup - a little went a long way. Like cilantro.
作为一名历史学家，我喜欢每一个小细节，但整篇关于木镶板和骑马旅行的长篇大论，以及每一家客栈的每一站，都不得不从窗口消失。我决定，书中的历史应该像汤里的香料一样，一点点就能让你走得更远。喜欢香菜。
In this business, if you take too long, the landscape changes. So the opportunities that were there when I decided to take a break weren't there when I came back. It's like, 'Wait a second - what happened here?' It was a real learning experience. I've paid my dues, I will tell you that.
在这个行业，如果你花的时间太长，情况就会发生变化。所以当我决定休息一下的时候，那些机会并没有在我回来的时候出现。就像，‘等一下——这里发生了什么?这是一次真正的学习经历。我已经付出了代价，我会告诉你的。
When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money. I was sort of giving up the idea of making a lot of money. It was what I loved to do. I would have done it anyway. If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music.
当我决定成为一名音乐家时，我认为这将是一种利润更少、金钱更少的方式。我放弃了赚很多钱的想法。这是我喜欢做的。无论如何我都会这么做的。如果我必须在塔可钟餐厅工作，我晚上还会出去试着演奏音乐。
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Once I've decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.
一旦我决定做某件事，我通常会努力把它完成。
I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age; I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible.
我在很小的时候就体验到了最高水平的足球;我决定我要尽可能长时间地参与其中。
I decided that the only way there would be a future was to start to cut back.
我决定，未来唯一的出路就是开始削减开支。
I deliberately decided to write a kind of guide to leather bars for straight people, for people not into leather, so that people could see what it was all about.
我特意决定为直人写一本关于皮革酒吧的指南，为那些不喜欢皮革的人写，这样人们就能明白到底是怎么回事了。
I have decided not to do the spa. Too time consuming.
我已经决定不做水疗了。太耗费时间。
I think that if I am notorious, it is because other people have decided that this is how I should be.
我认为，如果我臭名昭著，那是因为其他人认为我应该这样。