“This larger-than-life thing is a dangerous state, ” she observes. “Your ego can become an obstacle to your work.

“这种英雄式的崇拜是一种危险的状况，”她说，“你的自负会成为你的工作中的绊脚石。

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The war was the biggest thing in her life and nothing after that quite fulfilled her.

那场战争是她一生中最重大的事，在那之后没有什么颇使她感到满足过。

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She was the only thing that made life bearable.

只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。

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Robert Fulton would say for the rest of his life that he had no idea why he said such a thing.

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In short, the only thing to do in life is to provide, and provide is just what you cannot ever adequately do, as the husband in "Home Burial" knows.

总而言之，生命中唯一能做的就是给予，而且给予永远不够，像那个“家冢“中的丈夫知道的那样。

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And it's--you might think, " "All right. The life of a waiter is not the worst thing in the world."

而这时，你可能会想，“好吧，侍应生的生活又不是这世上最坏的事情“

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"With everything I've been through in my whole life, the thing for me to be here today and my only purpose in life is to find ways to help people and encourage people and make our world a better place, " he said.

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As we continue along this roller coaster we call life, one thing is certain.

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"It's not just about me, it's about my family, becoming a Premier League manager is a life-changing thing, " added MacDonald.

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