One man described his long, uneventful career at an insurance company and concluded, “Wish my self-profile was more exciting, but it's a little late now.

有位长期在保险公司担任普通职位的男士这样写到：“真希望自己的小传看着振奋一点，可惜现在有点迟了。”

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He detoxed decades before it was fashionable, going from a self-described terrible father to an exemplary one-the world's most famous househusband, pioneering again.

他曾戒酒，几十年后戒酒也变成一件时髦的事；他从他自己所说的“可怕的”父亲变成了一个模范父亲——世界上最著名的居家男人，又一次革了风气之先。

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Eduardo Galeano, one of the continent's most eminent writers and a self-confessed football lover described him in Soccer in Sun and shadow.

爱德华多·加雷亚诺是拉丁美洲最杰出的作家，同时自称是一名足球爱好者，在作品《阳光与影子下的足球》描述到他。

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Before he moved to California, Mr. Mamet had never met a self-described conservative or read one's writings.

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One would never suspect that this iconoclast was a self-described "military brat" from Lansing, Mich.

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"One minute Bale's Patrick is a cowering corporate geek and self-described empty shell, the next an arrogant, name-dropping smoothie, the next a hysterical wimp unable to distinguish reality from fantasy, " it said.

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