And then,years ago when I first found out that I was HIV positive, my initial reason for doing glass was I wanted to leave one glass vase for my nephew and nieces to remember their uncle by.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

I was walking down a suburban street seeing other people's children and I stopped to see one in a carriage and I thought it was a sweet child, but I was looking for my child in his face.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

"One soldier had been fighting in the jungles for years. And I don't know if it had affected him or not, but when the clerk handed him a tweed suit to try on he spent three hours searching through the fuzz for snipers."

VOA: special.2009.03.09

And for two years, I locked myself in that garage and no one knew what I was striving for."

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

"I spoke with a lot of Afghans during the last year and I think there is one thing that for most of them is of crucial importance,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"I have been in Washington for maybe 30 years, and I think this is probably one of the biggest storms, maybe the biggest we have ever had."

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

"This is not only a strategic interest of the United States, it is an issue of personal importance to me, and one I have worked on for almost four decades,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Even though it was really good, and people liked it, I just had a different vision for this one song called 'Cry.' And I ended up calling a guy that I met 12 years ago,I think.

VOA: standard.2009.04.21

I'm not going to give it all the credit, but maybe that was one of the reasons why I was able to come back so strong for the team pursuit and have a medal hanging around my neck today."

VOA: standard.2010.02.28