"And what's a little surprising about that is that you don't come to Congress to make friends because if you do, you're not coming to be independent and have your own mind and so what a great surprise it has been to make such great friends."

VOA: standard.2010.08.07

"What we know from research on teen brain development, is that teens don't really have fully developed brains until they're twenty-five years old.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

"So our view,with all respect, is that this is a car that can't be recalled and fixed, and that we ought to start over."

VOA: special.2010.02.27

"I don't think that,uh, unless a greater effort is made by the government to win popular support, that the war can be won out there."

VOA: special.2009.08.16

"Shouldn't I find something to do?" "What is it that you really like to do?"

VOA: special.2009.06.12

One of many examples is the song "They Can't Take That Away From Me."

VOA: special.2009.02.08

"Hailey is the oldest. With her we wanted one that wasn't too popular.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

I don't think that. I think that driving is driving for women,for men.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

"It doesn't mean we don't have problem. The fact is,we didn't need a rating agency to tell us that we need a balanced, long-term approach to deficit reduction.

VOA: special.2011.08.12

"We can't affirm that exposure to pesticides is causing A.D.H.D.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

That is,seeing what we didn't see on television.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

The man took the box again, and took another long look, and gave it back to Smiley,and says, "Well,I don't see anything about that frog that is any better than any other frog."

VOA: special.2009.08.29

"What we found is that,in fact, even after measuring those additional biomarkers that there wasn't a great deal of benefit in terms of understanding who was more likely to develop heart disease" Doctor Wang says they did identify some combinations of biomarkers that improved predictions of heart attacks and strokes.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

In the poem "Mending Wall" the speaker and his neighbor walk together along a wall, repairing the damage caused by winter weather: Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it And spills the upper boulders in the sun, And makes gaps even two can pass abreast...

VOA: special.2011.04.17