If someone has been fired from a job they might say, "My boss eighty-sixed me."

VOA: special.2010.01.08

One example is the song, "Someone to Watch Over Me.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

"I was raised on a small farm in southern Indiana and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers that you should never try to be better than someone else.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

I loved someone who would never love me back.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

I am lucky to have someone here with me.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

His face burned with happiness when he told the Captain "She said YES to me!" He said softly, "I guess it is hard for you to think someone like Caroline might like me."

VOA: special.2009.02.14

"She thought a Latina woman, someone with her background, would be a better judge than a guy like me, a white guy from South Carolina,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

Now,he thinks short is better. "I've gotten researchers telling me that you don't realize is how long someone can have a high level of concentration.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

But to be chosen by your peers, especially someone like me who has been to four Olympics, who grew up in Lake Placid , it's pretty special to be recognized in that capacity."

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

"If someone had told me in law school,even, that I have a crystal ball and I see in your future that you're an art lawyer, I probably would've said, 'What in the world is an art lawyer?'" Because there weren't any.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

"I was raised on a small farm in southern Indiana and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers that you should never try to be better than someone else, always learn from others and never cease trying to be the best you could be, that is under your control."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

So if you're asking me I want you to know When my time comes Forget the wrong that I've done Help me leave behind some Reasons to be missed Don't resent me And when you're feeling empty Keep me in your memory Leave out all the rest Leave out all the rest Forgetting all the hurt inside You've learned to hide so well Pretending someone else can come And save me from myself I can't be who you are When my time comes Forget the wrong that I've done Help me leave behind some Reasons to be missed Don't resent me And when you're feeling empty Keep me in your memory Leave out all the rest Leave out all the rest Forgetting all the hurt inside You've learned to hide so well Pretending someone else can come And save me from myself I can't be who you are I can't be who you are (SINGING) How can I decide what's right When you're clouding up my mind I can't win your losing fight All the time How can I ever own what's mine When you're always taking sides But you won't take away my pride No, not this time No, not this time How did we get here?

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