Because i had dropped out and didn ' t have to take the normal classes , i decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this.

当时我已经退学，不用正常上课，所以我决定选一门书法课，学学怎么写好字。

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"I don't think it's going to satisfy everybody. I think there are certainly a large number of Facebook users who have decided they really can't trust Facebook anymore."

VOA: special.2010.05.28

Most of us don't know enough to know with a high degree of accuracy how things would have gone had I decided to become a farmer instead of a philosopher.

多数人了解得都不够,无法更确切地知道,如果我成为农夫而非哲学家,到底会有怎样的人生。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Alternatively, if I went back to the office and took Yale's $22.5 billion dollars and decided that I was going to day trade bond futures, security selection wouldn't have anything to say about the returns; asset allocation wouldn't have anything to say about the returns.

或者,如果我回到办公室,把耶鲁的225亿美元,投资于即日平仓的债券期货,在这种情况下,证券选择不会影响回报率,资产配置也不会影响回报率

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this.

WSJ: Steve Jobs: 'Find What You Love'

But as I've gotten older, I've decided I can't keep pretending I don't have a nice life, so I'm going to try and enjoy it.

WSJ: Cindy Sherman

"Shhh, " she finally replied, apparently having decided that I couldn't have said what she thought she'd heard me say.

CNN: AllPolitics - TIME This Week