When I was young I wanted to be anybody, except myself.

我年轻时想变成任何一个人，除了我自己。

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I will not claim to improve or to discipline anyone except myself.

除了对自己之外，不要求任何其他人改善或规矩。

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I realized the problem was me and nobody could change me except myself.

我意识到问题在于我，除了我没有人能改变我自己。

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This is the first full paragraph: I don't know how to cure the sourcitis, except to tell you that I can discover a good many possible sources myself for Wise Blood, but I am often embarrassed to find that I read the sources after I had written the book.

这是第一段的全文：,“我不知道如何解决资料来源的问题，只能告诉你,我自己发现了很多《慧血》的材料来源，但我经常觉得很难堪,因为我在完成了那本书后才读的资料。

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Again, I'm humbled to say I do not except myself from this criticism.

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Being my own boss is divine, except for when that lovely boss of mine, yes me, gets a little too comfortable with myself and things start to slide.

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"Actually, I prefer to think of myself as being a little bit more like Robin Hood than the sheriff... except for the part about stealing from the rich, " he jokes.

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