我曾在生活的边缘苟延残喘，谨慎行事，但我现在开始了真正的生活。

I lingered on the edges before, playing it safe, but I'm in the game now.

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而当我终于开始回答时，我十分谨慎。

And when I finally started to answer, I did so cautiously.

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我告诫他须谨慎考虑，因为很多事不是错误的结束，而是一开始就是错误的。

I cautioned him to think this process through carefully because things don't end wrong, they begin wrong!

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