I've found I can to some extent avoid thinking about nasty things people have done to me by telling myself: this doesn't deserve space in my head.

我发现某种程度上我能避免去想人们对我做的讨厌的事情，我告诉我自己，这不值得占用我头脑中的空间。

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Have you ever gotten yourself into a mess by telling people you could do things you really couldn't do?

你是否曾经因为不自量力地去做你做不到的事而陷入困境过？

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And that he was giving you the on his honest to God recollection when he testified before the grand jury and the FBI, and the fact that he forgot a bunch of things he may have been told by other people doesn't mean that he wasn't telling the truth.

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