I often tell myself 'Keep going', sometimes, I throw little stones towards them.

我经常告诉自己‘往前走好了’，”有时我会朝它们扔小石头。

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I just often think of it in the bad moments and tell myself“If so for dirds why not for man!”

我只是在困境中常想起这个故事，并对自己说：“鸟儿尚且如此，何况人呢？”

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Do I find myself in situations where I often want to tell?

你经常发现自己遇到想说出这个秘密的情况吗？

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This is the first full paragraph: I don't know how to cure the sourcitis, except to tell you that I can discover a good many possible sources myself for Wise Blood, but I am often embarrassed to find that I read the sources after I had written the book.

这是第一段的全文：,“我不知道如何解决资料来源的问题，只能告诉你,我自己发现了很多《慧血》的材料来源，但我经常觉得很难堪,因为我在完成了那本书后才读的资料。

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When I meet someone I think I might like to know better, my secret is to share something about myself that is both personal and maybe a little embarrassing or self-deprecating (I often tell people that I am divorced.) That tends to spark their curiosity and open them up.

WSJ: Advice for Making New Friends: Share But Don't Overshare