I was never no good after that night,Charley. It was like a peak you reach, and then it's downhill."

VOA: special.2009.11.30

I like the way she did that. She never said I was dirty or that I smelled bad.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

"I had never done that sort of work, and it was not the right job for me.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

There was a sweetness and softness in the woman's expression that I had never seen before.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

Then he stopped. He said: "I never,in all my life, felt more sure that I was doing right than I do in signing this paper.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

There was an old man on the boat whom I'd never seen before.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

"I was very lucky because my parents never discouraged me.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Here is a reading of his description of his first sight of the bats and the big cave: "I thought it was a volcano, but then,I'd never seen a volcano nor never before had I seen bats swarm, for that matter.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

"I've been real fortunate to get to travel and play my music." "When I was a kid I never dreamed ...

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

I'd never named a boat before, but there was only oneI could think of, the most beautiful namein the wide world.

VOA: standard.other

"Last year,he chastised me a little bit for taking so much risk and just never really thinking about what I was doing."

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

I never knew bread could be this good; the crust was this dark brown, sweet crust that turned chewy in your mouth.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

"There was an extraordinary embrace of the entire city of the Olympic Games, something I have never seen on this scale before.".

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

"I never thought I'd be one of those parents that got that phone call, but I was.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"The pain was excruciating." "I never remembered a pain like that and I've had five children."

VOA: standard.2010.03.14

You'll never sink this boat! Now, me, I was scared, but Lieutenant Dan, he was mad.

VOA: standard.other

"Even though I never had a chance to talk to him, I can imagine when he was here how he had to stay focused against all the odds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

And that's something that I would never wish on any parent." Captain Didone says the crash that took his son's life was a direct result of distracted driving.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"Officially, I was never called to the police station,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

"I used to dream about that when I was a little kid. But,as far as how I view myself, I never want that to change, because you just can't believe in all the hype that people say about you.

VOA: standard.2009.12.22

"I was in line for the bathroom." "He was like 'come over here' and I was like 'I gotta go!' You're a girl you think ' ' but then I was like ' he would never do that.' oh wouldn't that be romantic?

VOA: standard.2010.02.27