I went to law school myself, back when a guy like me could get into law school.

进入法学院后，我回想着像我一样能进入法学院的家伙。

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So I promised myself a reward: out of the refund, I would buy myself a kayak - something I'd been thinking about for awhile to help me get back in shape.

于是我会给一个自己许诺：退款后，我要给自己买一艘独木舟-这样想会帮助我投身到事情中。

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But looking back, now that I'm 58, I don't know whether it was conscious or not, but I must have believed in myself enough so that I didn't really let it get to me.

但是我现在已经58岁了，现在回想当年，我不知道自己当时意识到这个问题了没有，但是我一定很相信自己，只有那样我才能够不让那种想法来左右我。

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When my confidence was bruised, I never lost touch with what I stood for and always reminded myself of my values and beliefs that allowed me to get back up when I was knocked down.

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"Normally it would take me five minutes to get there, but it would have meant going half way up to York and then coming back on myself to get there, " he said.

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