We ordered drinks. While we drank, he talked continually about himself, his family,his wife and her family.

VOA: special.2010.06.12

To test her, Simon had written some questions about himself on a piece of paper.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

Another important trait was self-esteem: Does the person feel good about himself or herself?

VOA: special.2009.11.24

Listen as he tells about himself and how he got this exciting job.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

But their marriage ended. Woody Guthrie began noting something strange about himself.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

Yet he did not like to say much about himself.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

And he did not give information about himself.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

When asked to write something for the book on Texas' death row, he chose not to write about himself, but about a fellow inmate who took his own life.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

"He created all the legends about himself.He used to say 'never let the truth get in the way of a good story.' But when you're playing him you have to take away all of those just peel him back to try and find the truth."

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

He wrote letters about killing himself and saying that he was the "most miserable man alive."

VOA: special.2009.02.09

He talked about personal responsibility, and used himself as an example of someone who overcame difficulties.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

The police finally decided Jules Simon had killed himself, and soon everyone forgot about him.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

He began to educate himself about subjects such as mathematics, radio and machinery.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

And Alan Lomax had somevery compelling and really engaging stories to tell about actually painting himself up in blackface so that he could go into black communities, so that some of the whites wouldn't single him out and beat him up or whatever."

VOA: special.2010.01.18