"I can do things that are good for me,you know, not just try to exist hand-to-mouth or in survival mode,you know?

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"Countless, countless moments of awakening led me ultimately to the path of Islam, and within that, to the practice of Sufism, or Tasawuf,which for me is intricately united with Islam."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

It's sort of an intimate thing,you know. It's the dichotomy of having comfort in singing about certain things or saying things within a song, but then elaborating further seems difficult for me."

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

And,if you say something to make me frightened or worried, my heart might stand still or skip a beat.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

When they approach me they see only my surroundings,themselves, or figments of their imagination - indeed,everything and anything except me."

VOA: special.2010.09.19

You tell me when it stops!" For years, almost all leading movie and television stars, male or female,were white.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

My mother always told me, if you study hard, the answers should be right under your nose or easily seen.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

And any argument between us would not cause me to lose heart or feel a sense of loss.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

Such feelings of sadness would only break my heart, or make me feel unhappy and hopeless.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

If a friend keeps asking you to do something you do not want to do, you might ask him to leave you alone or "stop bugging me."

VOA: special.2009.06.28

Azalea Adair told me she had never traveled or even attended school.

VOA: special.2010.06.12

Don't talk to me about cruelty or what i am capable of.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

She did not want to see me or the Princess harmed.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

This means that a situation does not affect or concern me.

VOA: special.2009.09.13