"As long as I can remember, it was animals,animals. Even before I could talk, I was watching earthworms and things, reading Doctor Doolittle books, wanting to learn the language of animals.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

As long as I've been here this is the toughest thing that's ever happened to this city and I want to urge everybody out there to give whatever you can - as little as you can or as much as you can - to give something because there's a lot of people really hurting right now.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

"The music has just been a way of life for me for as long as I can remember."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

It was a part of my being as long as I can remember."

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

"You will not be forgotten as long as I am in this White House," (Applause) The gathering at the Interior Department in Washington is the first time in 15 years that a president has met with leaders of the American Indian tribes.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

"It is a promise that as long as I am your Commander in Chief, I will only send you into harm's way when it is absolutely necessary, and with the strategy, the well-defined goals, the equipment and the support you need to get the job done,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Only the sound of insects filled the air as I walked through the empty town that summer day so long ago.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

And Joom from Thailand wrote: I don't care where the crops come from, natural plants or genetic engineering, as long as we can produce food enough for people.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

"A player who hasn't been playing for very long, I try to keep them next to the section player, or leader as we call it, that has been playing a while so they can always ask questions say, 'Hey,I don't know what that means.'" Matt is now in college, studying music education.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

"And it's a tough mission, but I think it is an attainable mission as long as we take the time to make sure that the mission is out there and laid out pretty well.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

'We'll talk about all the issues that need to be addressed as long as there's mutual respect and a recognition of the sovereignty of both countries.' And,I think that if we would move in that direction, based on those principles, we'd see some great things happen."

VOA: standard.2009.04.07