In retrospect, I was a sad little boy and a standard-issue, shiftless, egotistical, dejected teen-ager.

回顾往事，我曾是一个悲哀的小男孩，一个无能的、任性的、沮丧的标准问题少年。

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But I was depicted as I think, in sad terms too in a sense, and that's a little unfortunate.

但从某种意义上说，我认为我被描述成，过于伤感，这是一点点的遗憾。

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Once I had a little dog who used to look at me with sad eyes when I coughed: he was the only living creature I have ever loved.

我要告诉你一个笑话：从前我有一只小狗，当我咳嗽的时候，它总是用悲哀的神气瞅着我，它是我唯一喜爱过的动物。

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"There have definitely been moments where I was a little sad that my mother wasn't there, " Jones said.

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In retrospect, I was a sad little boy and a standard-issue, shiftless, egotistical, dejected teen-ager.

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