Even though I didn't understand the words, I knew what he wanted.

尽管我不理解他说的，但是我知道他想要的。

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I wanted to ask if he was getting sleep, but I couldn't trust myself not to reveal-just by the look on my face as I asked-what I knew about his home life.

我本来想问他是不是没睡好，但我怕提问时，自己脸上的表情会泄露出我对他家庭生活的了解。

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"It was the first time I'd heard of such a thing," he recalled. "And I knew at once that it was what I wanted to do."

“那是我第一次听说有这么一个东西，”他回想到，“我一下就明白了，这就是我想要做的。”

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So, look, I think he was -- I think he knew what he wanted to accomplish, and despite all of -- despite whatever he was told, he kept fighting for what he believed in.

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But I knew that's what he wanted.

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He preached just what I wanted to hear, needed to hear, knew in my bones to be authentic and true.

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