In other words, no journal-keeping by a writer who harbors any sort of ambition is going to be entirely innocent.
换句话说，一位充满野心的作家所保留的日记，里面的内容都不可能清白得如同白纸一张。
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There is a problem, however, with this sort of old-fashioned journal-keeping: You record your mood only when you're in the mood to do so, which introduces a bias.
但是有个问题，这种传统记录方法会使日记的反映有所偏离实际--你只是在你想记的时候记。
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On New Year's Day in 1974, I started keeping a journal.