So you write the story of your life. It's nearly 400 pages long.

接近四百页长。

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Add up your experiences and your accomplishments and the particular details of your life as what the story is about.

把你生活中的经历和成就,以及特定的细节相加才是关键。

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.. It's one thing to have-- it's not to say that the best-- if you want your life to be like the plot of a great story, it's not as though you think, " "All right, the denouement must occur at the very last page."

如果你拥有-,不是说最美好的生活-,如果你想让生活像美好的故事情节，它并不像你所想的，“好的，结局一定是在最后一页“

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