As he once told the Washington Post: "When I came down I hurt my teeth in the net."

VOA: special.2010.07.05

As he once told the Houston Chronicle, "A Weed Eater comes along once in a lifetime."

VOA: special.2011.07.19

He once said: "I go for honorable compromise whenever it can be made.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

You can see a large nineteen fifty-seven Harley Davidson motorcycle he once owned.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

He once told a reporter he does not know where home is.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

He once belonged to the L.D.P.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

He once wrote that when he was young he imagined that with the possible exception of a doctor saving a life, "writing a worthy play was the most important thing a human being could do."

VOA: special.2009.11.29

but for Shrek, the ordinary life of taking out the trash, cooking dinners and changing diapers soon has him longing for the adventures he once had.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

He once pulled up a molasses jug from the 1800s.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Once he sets eyes on her, or sees her, she might try to get him interested in her by acting playful.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

He told them to call home once a week and to read at least one book a month.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

He said once the people understood that it was a war for democracy, they would win it quickly.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

Yet once he had enough paths built to welcome visitors, no one seemed interested in his "bat cave."

VOA: special.2009.12.07

He was ninety-four years old. Someone once asked him if he thought he would still be playing at one hundred years old.

VOA: special.2009.09.27