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And though I will never play World Cup soccer, I can aspire to be my strongest self.

尽管我永远不会去踢世界杯，但是，我依然向往强壮的自己。

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I will be uploading my half-thoughts, notes, self-arguments, early drafts and responses to others' postings as a way for me to figure out what I actually think.

我会将我不成熟的想法、笔记、内心论争、草稿以及对其他文章的回应上传到这儿，这样我就能知道自己到底在想些什么。

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But even an ideal like self-reliance I can remake my world, I can be anything I want is changed by the Market Revolution.

甚至是理想主义的自主,我能改造我的世界,我能成就任何事,这种观念也被市场革命改变了

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

While it is always better to be prepared, my money would be on the protagonist that had a better sense of self control and could repress dangerous emotions, rather than the obsessive over-planner that had top-of-the-line equipment but was prone to dangerous panic attacks.

FORBES: Winning At The Great Head Game Of Investing

Sure, this can be appealing, since choosing to keep my self-respect intact has made me unpopular and disliked at times, with no end to that in sight.

NPR: Being Content with Myself

My introduction attempts to pepper a first paragraph with 10 action verbs and self-descriptive words that would be needed in my resume.

CNN: Software weeds out weak resumes