I never knew I was going to be a beaded jewelry designer until the day I was actually doing it."

VOA: special.2009.05.18

The teacher wrote about him to a friend: "I have a student who will make his mark in music,if anybody will.

VOA: special.2009.02.08

"I want a grandchild.I'll be seventy in July, and I just -- whether they get married or not, I want a grandchild."

VOA: special.2011.05.23

I live on a shoestring. I have a very small budget and little money to spend on clothes.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

"I have selected a nominee who I think embodies that same excellence,independence, integrity and passion for the law."

VOA: special.2010.05.15

We named both of our kids with Ds. My husband starts with a D and I'm a D.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

I consider myself a connoisseur of good cupcakes and I think they make a good solid cupcake.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

Later,I got a telephone call from a friend whom I had not seen in a long time.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

Sometimes I feel like a fish out of water when I go to a party and everyone but me is doing the latest dance.

VOA: special.2011.04.10

ROCKFORD: "I gave you a break when I put you in Loew's Flatbush." ALLEN: "Some break.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

"When I was just a small kid I went to Corning Glass works and watched the glass blowers there and was really mesmerized by that.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

"So,I ran a marathon and two days later I went ice climbing on a glacier.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

Then I heard a noise, and I knew it was the sound of human terror.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

"My whole life,I'm like, I'm Mexican and I'm really -- I'm a proud Mexican-American and I swear I was an Aztec princess in my past life.

VOA: special.2010.09.13