So, I said to myself, it would be a simple, harmless act to help him, as much as I could.

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This is just as he is coming into Denver: I said to myself, Wow, what'll Denver be like?

这是他刚到丹佛时：,我对自己说，噢，丹佛一定美极了？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And now when I go into a lecture, the nervousness-- because I give myself the permission to be human-- goes away within as little as three hours into the lecture.

现在当我去上课时，紧张感-,因为我准许自己为人-,在课堂进行三小时后会消失。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

If i would go back in time and give myself one piece of advice as undergradute, it would be take pride in your decisions and hardwork, but not in your gifts.

如果时光倒流,我能为本科时期的我,提个建议的话,我会说，为自己作出的决定和勤奋工作，而不是自己的天赋感到骄傲。

普林斯顿公开课 - 领导能力简介课程节选

These are all real questions and I raise them now myself because they are questions I want you to be thinking about as you do your reading and work through this course.

这些都是很真实的问题,我现在提出来,因为这些是,我要你们思考的问题,在你们阅读时，还有在做本课的研究时。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选