"I'm so sorry," I say, feeling like a jerk for being a jerk, and also like a jerk for feeling like a jerk.

“对不起，”我说，因为是个傻瓜而感觉像个傻瓜，并且因为感觉像个傻瓜而像个傻瓜。

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"It's not that I am feeling sorry for them and empathize with them, it's that I'm becoming them, " he said.

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