If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

如果人生重来一遍，我还是会犯同样的错误，只是早一点犯错。

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We can only hope that happens sooner rather than later.

FORBES: President Obama's State Of Disunion: Half of America Is In a Trance

In their 2010 report, they projected that the Trust Fund would be exhausted in 2037, four years sooner than forecasted only two years before.

FORBES: Social Security Needs Growth, Not Cuts

It is only natural that many people, sooner than face the certainty of war now, prefer to shut their eyes to future danger.

ECONOMIST: Better together. If necessary, alone