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 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 can do things that are good for me,you know, not just try to exist hand-to-mouth or in survival mode,you know?

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"Haiti has given me extra motivation, but every time I play I try to do my best,"

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

They was trying to grab you. A lot of people try to grab me.

VOA: standard.other

"I chose to try to make progress, and the concept of burning down a building or lighting a torch just seemed to me to be essentially crazy.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

"He found himself in a beach community and thought, 'Well,I might as well try to learn to surf,'" "He asked me if I wanted to come out and learn with him.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

But in seven years, he's off to college. This has given me tremendous impetus to try and develop this technology and get it out there and make it available to people with type 1 diabetes before my son goes to college."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"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, 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

"He was telling me I need to finish second, and he was also telling me 'Don't step on the line,' and he was also telling me, 'Just try to stay close.' They shot the gun and I saw him for about maybe two or three seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21