Instead of a young man full of life, they saw an old man who could not speak clearly or control his shaking.

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My life would've gone better had I chosen to become a farmer instead of chosen to become a doctor.

我的生活本来会变得更好,如果我选择成为农民而不是医生的话。

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Instead of the rags to riches life, imagine the riches to rags life.

这次不是由贫到富的生命，而是由富变贫的生命。

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If only you'd known you were only going to have 20 more years instead of 50 more years, you would've picked a different kind of life for yourself.

如果你知道你只剩下,20年而不是50年，你就会为自己选择另一种生活。

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On the other hand, if the balance from here on out would've been negative, then it's good for me that I died now instead of being kept alive with a life not worth living.

另一方面，如果从现在开始计算其结果是负数，那么我现在死去就是好事,因为我不用不值地活着。

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We imagine instead of living 80 years,living 90 or 95 or more We imagine a longer life But what is it that happens when I say ? if only I'd been born earlier?

我们想象不仅活80，90或95岁,我们想象能活更长时间,但如果我想象早点出生,会发生什么情况？

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