I was shocked but at the same time, I feel it helped me make a clean break.

我很吃惊，但同时也相信这能够让我重获新生。

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And unlike Hillary Clinton, who blustered at the senators and said, what difference does it make, why does it matter, which frankly shocked me because the senators were cowed by her outburst of temper.

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