When I took the job I thought I could change the system, but it's hard.

当我接受这份工作时我以为我能改变这种体制，但太难了。

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Once I was watching something about cooking on TV and I thought I could do this, so I went to the bookstore and looked for the biggest cookbook I could find.

有一次我在电视上看有关烹饪的节目，我想我可以做这个，所以就去书店找自己所能找到的内容最多的烹饪书。

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"I saw it crawl up the wall bit by bit. It did not stop, but went on and on. And I thought I could do the same. So I recited it bit by bit, and did not give up," said Tom.

“我看到它一点一点地爬上墙，它没有停下来，而是继续前进。我觉得我也能做到。所以我一点一点地背诵，并没有放弃。”汤姆说。

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"I thought I could relate to the character; this whole adventure, this week in the theater, resembled my life experience growing up in the theater.

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And I just thought it was the most beautiful thing ever that I could visualize, a city living and breathing.

我就是觉得这是最美好的东西,我能看到，整个城市在生活，在呼吸。

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Well I guess I thought we could be more collusive and kind of work together, but I guess not.

我觉得我们本可以团结合作的,但是我看在这个博弈中不行

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When she left me she gave me the blues--is the last thing I thought I could use.

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' And I think it extended what I thought I could do as an actor or musical performer.

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At the time, I thought I could be supermom and run my business all at the same time.

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