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My work and my people seem more real to me than I myself.
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The speaker feels a stronger sense of reality in “my work” and “my people” than in the self alone. Their connections and what they do seem more solid or meaningful to them than their individual identity. The comparison expresses a close link between the person and the work and people they value.
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- University of Wisconsin–Madison, Anne McClintock, “Olive (Emilie Albertina) Schreiner”
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