My teacher is so near to me that I do not think of myself as apart from her.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

And I seemed to myself a big boned boy from the South, a country boy after all.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

"Then I was promoted to the cook kitchen, and from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

We leave you now with more words from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

I moved away from him and prepared to defend myself as best I could.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

Listen to these lines from "Song of Myself": And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortality, it is idle to try to alarm me.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

I bent my head backward to drink in the stars, and clearly I heard a song so sweet and pure I had to hold myself to keep from breaking.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

So I am keeping myself safe from AIDS'. It is not absolutely true,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

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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