The Power Writers' motto is: "If you don't learn how to write your own life story, someone else will write it for you."

VOA: special.2009.04.27

But O I love you it sings, my little my country My food my parent my child I want you my own My flower my fin my life my lightness my O...

VOA: special.2011.01.31

"I think poker has spread like wildfire. Obviously the ability to play online, to learn more about the game,you know, from the comfort of your own home definitely, probably increased it more than anything else."

VOA: special.2010.07.26

How can you not like that?" Atyeo moves through the greenhouse like it's his own house.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

And it takes you back to that time." "I was astonished at my own reaction.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

Yeah,I mean it's a completely different way of life when you have your own place."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"So do we continue training them, or do we say, 'No,well we are not going to do it,no more, you have got to train your own guys,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

"When you have your own secret language, that's what makes it magic."

VOA: standard.2010.02.13

She says it's no easy feat. "You have to kind of deliver so much of the story through your own written texts so it's difficult in that way because you have to get a character and a point across in 140 characters or less."

VOA: standard.2010.05.07

"People can do things in their own lives, with their children, they can do work in their communities to improve it and once you take those steps, the next logical step is to make sure that your government officials are doing the right thing."

VOA: standard.2010.04.25

"Turkey's persistent denial and inability to face, or unwillingness to face up to its history is very disruptive in all kinds of ways - in terms of international relations, in terms of its own internal politics - and it also prevents it from really recognizing how do you deal with minorities."

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

"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