So, I said to myself, it would be a simple, harmless act to help him, as much as I could.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

This is just as he is coming into Denver: I said to myself, Wow, what'll Denver be like?

这是他刚到丹佛时：,我对自己说，噢，丹佛一定美极了？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I said, hook me up to that machine and I'll enjoy myself.

我说，把我连接到机器上，我会很享受。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I smiled to myself and said "But some people say that he is as good a judge of wine as you are."

VOA: special.2009.02.07

And perhaps that is pastoral in a way, going back to what you said, that I do think of myself in many ways as doing pastoral counseling, particularly in the most difficult circumstances when there's been a crisis, a death, a serious accident.

也许某种意义上这像是种牧师与受众，回到你刚才说的，很多时候我觉得自己,就是作为一个牧师指导学生，尤其是在极其困难的情况下,比如出现了危机，伤亡，或者严重事故。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I said to myself as I got ready for bed. Just an ordinary, sleepy southern town."

VOA: special.2010.06.12

"A nice quiet place," I said to myself as I got ready for bed.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

I said to myself that I was responsible to the country for this.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

"I said to myself that I was responsible to the country for this.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

I said to myself: 'I am not going to do it.'

VOA: special.2010.08.01

"I said,'What can I do to really distinguish myself and something that my family would respect me for?'

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

He said God is listening, but I have to help myself.

VOA: standard.other

"And when I looked down and I saw all those colors, I said to myself 'If the newspapers get hold of this shot,we've won,'" Woodstock was billed as entertainment,not politics.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15