At the close of the Civil War I found myself without a home, without money and without work.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

When I am facing a lot of pressure at work, my back and neck will start to hurt.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

I have no work at all, although I am strong and healthy and only forty-five years old.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

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

"The strident criticism, I think,is not effective, usually does not work.You know, when you shout at your wife in an argument it usually does not get her to agree with you.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

"It is kind of hard to believe sometimes when I look at his work to realize that one sheet of paper goes into each of the animals with all of the complexities."

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

"This is a rough-and-tumble place and it's nice to come back to two people who care about me, who care about my success, who care about the difficulties I might be having either at work or at home and just to have two friends who are a sounding board."

VOA: standard.2010.08.07

"Well,actually I was scheduled to work this morning," . "When I got up at 5:30, I saw on the news that they needed a lot of help, and I called into my job and said I needed to take a short day vacation, because I needed my son to be a part of what was going on."

VOA: standard.2010.01.18