Sure, it took a while for things to change.

诚然，事情改变需要时间。

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For things to change, I must change first.

要改变，就要先改变自己。

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And I feel that it might be too late for things to change.

而且我认为，想要改变什么已经太晚了。

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Sometimes the old aristocracy will be able to hold on for a very long time and to suppress any attempt to change things.

有时一些老贵族,会冥顽不灵,固执己见,试图遏止这些变革力量

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But this election represents an opportunity for Italians to take responsibility and change things for the better.

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"I'm very sensitive to noise, " she said in her Yorkshire accent, before apologizing for having to change things about before she could start properly.

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There may be lessons to be learnt from it, things that we want to change for the future.

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