A common mistake that people make, they said, is to assume that there's only one right solution or optimal version of your life, and that if you choose wrong, you've blown it.

他们说，人们常犯的一个错误就是假定人生中只有一个正确的解决方案或一个乐观的版本，如果你选错了，一切就都搞砸了。

youdao

There's only one success. ----to be able to spend your life on your own way.

人生只有一次成功，那就是用你自己的方式度过自己的一生。

youdao

If there's only one day left in my life, I'll come and see you quietly for one day, and then leave.

如果我的人生只有一天的时间，我便默无一语地看你一天再离去。

youdao

It takes only 20 minutes to get there, but it's one of the most spectacular trips of my life.

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