When I was nearly twenty years old, they insisted that I learn a profession even though we were a rich family, and I really didn't have to work at all.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

"It's devastating to the space program if it's approved by Congress, and I really hope that more level heads will prevail.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"And I really don't know what will disappear first, their enriched uranium or their poor government,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

"I've always felt as a coach that you have to push your team,". "And they pushed themselves and I really feel strongly that this is about them.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

And so I'll do things that are really fun activities, because these are children who are living in unimaginable poverty.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

And,skateboarding,I think, is much more available to them and a lot of kids really enjoy that it's different."

VOA: special.2009.09.11

And I feel like having dealt with adversity really helps me to lead a group of men through difficult times as well."

VOA: special.2010.06.02

"I suppose the first really significant thing that the world heard about was chimpanzees using and making tools.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

"I always thought submarines were amazing and it wasn't really something that was open to women when I came to the Naval Academy.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

And I am really grateful for that because it makes me feel like I am at home."

VOA: special.2011.03.28

"I was really trying to get them into regular schools and they just wouldn't take them, even when I offered to sponsor fees."

VOA: special.2010.05.03

So I just felt like it really hit different notes to really cross different countries and nationalities.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

But I knew I was not really a White House reporter yet, because the woman holding my arm and smiling nervously was my mother.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

"Rene really identifies as an American. And I kept saying 'But you're a Mexican American.'

VOA: special.2010.06.21