The first grown-up book that I read on my own was a nineteenth-century edition of 'Tales from Livy' that I'd found in my grandfather's library.

I was raised in the Washington household of my grandfather Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, and have known politicians intimately all my life.

I'm a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water.

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.

I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.