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It’s almost like I did my best to get away from it, but it wouldn’t leave me.
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The speaker says they tried as hard as possible to escape or distance themselves from something, but that effort did not make it go away. The unnamed “it” remained present despite their attempt to leave it behind.
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Read quote“I still want to realize that dream!”
“笑いってなんなんだろうということは死ぬまで解決しないんだろうけど、そうやって死ぬまでお笑いに携わっていきたいなと思っています。”
“I plug away and hope something comes out of it.”
“One has to extract the good from the negative.”
“I have accepted these victories as I accept this tragedy. I must embrace both circumstances as facts of life and find happiness.”
“We all need to work hard.”
“人是靠自己意志的，意志十分重要。”
“Out of ten failures, you have one success.”
“I got my foot in the door, I’m holding the door open with that foot.”
“你要不停接受新嘅挑戰，係難呀，咁你咪解決問題囉，世界上係冇嘢解決唔到！”
After the Last Cue
When the theater’s sound system dies hours before opening night, seventeen-year-old Mara builds a new one from teacups, paper, thread, and trust.
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