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I'm a rather decisive type.
我是个很果断的人。
I would rather clean than beg.
我宁愿打扫卫生也不愿乞讨。
I was rather a fat little boy.
我是一个相当胖的小男孩。
I'd rather make music than tour.
我宁愿做音乐也不愿去旅游。
I came from rather humble beginnings.
我出身卑微。
I'd rather buy clothes than buy a bed.
我宁愿买衣服也不愿买床。
I would rather be respected than elected.
我宁愿受人尊敬也不愿当选。
I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
我宁愿大错特错，也不愿勉强正确。
Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind.
做思想的主人，而不是思想的主人。
Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
选择妻子要用耳朵，不要用眼睛。
I would rather just do the things I want to do.
我宁愿做我想做的事情。
I have always been adventurous and rather daring.
我一向喜欢冒险，而且相当大胆。
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I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else.
我真的没有过那种激动人心的生活。有很多事情我希望我能做，而不是坐在那里抱怨有一个无聊的生活。所以我很喜欢编造。我宁愿讲一个关于别人的故事。
I would rather regret the things i have done than the things i have not.
我宁愿为我做过的事后悔，也不愿为我没有做过的事后悔。
I'd rather know a square guy than own a square mile.
我宁愿认识一个正直的人，也不愿拥有一平方英里。
I'm the type of person who would rather stay home than get my picture taken.
我是那种宁愿呆在家里也不愿给我拍照的人。
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
我宁愿承受太多自由带来的不便，也不愿承受太少自由带来的不便。
I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.
我宁愿感到懊悔，也不愿知道如何去定义它。