It was like kid' s myth… but not, if you see what I mean, you have to grow up. You just can' t keep having these adolescent fantasies about how exciting our life is going to be.

就好像是儿童故事……其实又不是，你明白我的意思，你必须成长，你不能老是像少年那般对未来精彩生活充满憧憬。

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The peevish put-downs, overweening sense of entitlement and volcanic temper tantrums could all hit uncomfortably close to home if Ferrell and Reilly didn't appreciate the ridiculous side of adolescent angst.

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People were showing up at early screenings in Kick-Ass T-shirts dressed as the various adolescent faux superheroes.

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The good news, in short, is that we don't have to just accept the developmental patterns of adolescent brains.

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