One evening in September, in New York, I met a man named Humberto Piaguaje, who is a member of the Secoya tribe.
In August, I met a man named Robert Felton, who had spent fourteen and a half years in isolation in the Illinois state correctional system.
At the squatter camp, I met a man who carries 40 litres of water in two containers, one and a half kilometres to his home every day.
Recently, I met a man who had spent more than five years in isolation at a prison in the Boston suburb of Walpole, Massachusetts, not far from my home.
But as soon as I let go of these shallow desires, I met a man who makes me feel safe, puts me first, and often surprises me with romantic gestures.
You know, a while back, I met a young man named Shamus at the VFW Hall in East Moline, Illinois.
Back in Bethel, I met a dentist, a man who ran a janitorial-supplies service, and a man who ran a fuel service.
At the main Trauma and Burns Centre in Tunis I met Hosni - a young man from Gasserine.
The man I met more than 20 years ago is a man who helped introduce me to my Christian faith, a man who spoke to me about our obligations to love one another, to care for the sick and lift up the poor.
Others here don't quite see it that way, like a man I met in Gaza's old market who would only identify himself as Abu Khalid.
When we first met I looked for that in a man -- in this man. (Applause.) Especially his devotion to the women in his life. (Applause.) I saw the respect that he had for his own mother.
The funniest story teller I've ever met and a lovely warm man.
We enacted several new initiatives to help our returning veterans find new jobs and get trained for those jobs. (Applause.) The kind of outstanding young men and women that Chris was talking about, who come home -- I was up in Minnesota, met a young man who had been an emergency medic Iraq, saving lives under the most severe circumstances.
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Trish made it very clear to both of us (I met the older man in business and Trish got a kick out of our knowing each other) that our money was a prerequisite to continued dating.
This winter, I met an unemployed young man who was skimming money off a welfare program that guarantees rural employment to the indigent.
However, seven years ago at a neighborhood bar in Fairfax, Virginia, I met the man of my dreams.
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