I knew none of this—if indeed I know any of it now and am not just making patterns in the air, but as I thought back then on what had excited me, the excitement came back.

我对此一窍不通——如果我确实懂得点的话，就不会凭空乱想一气，但当我回想当时使我兴奋不已的事情时，那令人激动的心情便油然而生。

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As I was thinking about this opportunity and what to write I thought back to the whole reason that I am now doing what I am doing for a living.

当我就发表这篇文章的机会进行思考，并想应写点什么的时候，我回忆起促使我选择现在这种生活方式的原因。

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And as I shifted back and forth, engrossed in thought, I felt a bit self-conscious.

我来回转移，埋首于思考，但还有点自我意识。

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(He recalls his emotion as he stepped back onto U.S.soil."It felt great." as his voice quivers.) "I thought I'd never be able to come back."

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It made me a little wistful as I thought back to my own days in marketing.

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As delightful as his telling of the story was back then, I thought of it again last week, in a much more serious context.

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