There seemed no end to my inventivenss in finding ways to defeat or undermine myself, even perversely to act out destructive roles that I did not want to perform.

我翻新各种方法以求挫败和毁坏自己，仿佛无止无休，我甚至坚持扮演我并不愿意扮演的角色以毁灭自己。

youdao

Many of them were fairly famous people, I've been lucky to get to know a lot of these folks; some of those people that no one in this room, probably other than myself, have ever even heard of.

上面很多人都很著名，我很高兴能认识这些人，也有些人这个房间里除了我，没有人听说过。

youdao

Once a friend asked me if I was cutting myself and I even lied and said 'no.'

一次一个朋友问我是否我自己割伤的，我甚至撒了谎，说‘不是。’

youdao

' I feel better taking those things off the books so there's no connection between what they did and myself, even though every penny received was received legally and reported.

NPR: The Abramoff Case's Partisan Fallout

"Isn't it ironic that I don't have money even to buy medicines for myself while those who raped me are free and it seems no one can do anything about it, " she sobbed.

BBC: 1 July 2006