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个人
Myself
I want to spend less time talking about myself, and more time listening to what other people have to say about me.
我想少花点时间谈论自己,多听听别人对我的看法。
I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, 'Wow, I'm really great-looking.'... I think I'm the greatest, anyway.
我看着镜子里的自己,心想,‘哇,我真漂亮。’无论如何,我认为我是最棒的。
I've never had my brows done - I tweeze them myself. I used to watch my mom pluck her brows, that's how I learned.
我从来没有做过眉毛——我自己用镊子夹住眉毛。我曾经看着我妈妈拔眉毛,这就是我学到的。
Normally I sit there in the films really hating watching myself. Loving watching the films, hating watching myself.
通常我坐在那里看电影,真的很讨厌看自己。喜欢看电影,讨厌看自己。
I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.
我喜欢表演,并不觉得很难。当我成功的时候,我会意识到这一点,我会为自己感到骄傲。
Actually I don't choose to expose myself in public. I choose to compete; the other side just comes with the package.
事实上,我没有选择在公共场合暴露自己。我选择竞争;另一边是随包裹一起来的。
I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.
当我听到别人说我是一名爵士歌手时,我常常畏缩不前。我一直认为自己是一名爵士歌手。
I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.
我想与其把自己埋在土里,不如把自己埋在水里,这样大家都能看到你在那里。
I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.
我对用法语表达自己并不感到内疚;我也不认为我在继续殖民者的工作。
My mother gave me a real kick toward cooking, which was that if I wanted to eat, I'd better know how to do it myself.
我妈妈对我做饭很有兴趣,那就是如果我想吃东西,我最好知道自己怎么做。
Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.
音乐对我来说是如此的有治疗作用,如果我不能把它发泄出来,我就会开始对自己感觉不好——很多自我厌恶。
You may not know it but I'm no good at coping with all the attention in the luxury hotels I sometimes find myself in.
你可能不知道,但我并不擅长应对我有时发现自己身处的豪华酒店里受到的所有关注。
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When she became very ill with heart trouble, I saw that it would be impossible for my parents to provide for my studies, and I obtained their permission to go to sea to make a career for myself there.
当她因为心脏病病重时,我意识到我的父母不可能供我读书,于是我得到了他们的许可,去海上谋生。
More and more, it feels like I'm doing a really bad impersonation of myself.
越来越多的时候,我觉得自己演得很糟糕。
I'm the sort of person who keeps a lot to myself.
我是那种对自己守口如瓶的人。
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
三人行,必有我师焉。择其善者而从之,其不善者而改之。
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
我若不为自己,谁为我呢?如果我不为别人,我是谁?如果不是现在,什么时候?
In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.
在人生旅途的中途,我来到了一片黑暗的森林里,在那里我迷失了正路。