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I may have unconsciously sought respect, but the truth is I actually pursued only infamy for myself.
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The speaker admits that the desire for respect may have influenced them without their noticing. Yet they insist that their conscious aim was not respect or honor, but infamy: becoming widely known for a bad reputation. The sentence contrasts an uncertain, unconscious wish with a clear claim about what they truly pursued.
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- CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion, Brandeis University
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