At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs.

I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did.

I'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man.

At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs.

Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes.

When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change.

I was not prepared to live as a single parent.

Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.

Whatever dreams I have wished have come true.

Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition and tenacity.

Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.

MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.

In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing.

My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club.

The Lord has been with me throughout my life. He's never let me down.

Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were the Lennon Sisters.

The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure.

For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.

Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.

In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down.

Then, as now, the Disney studio buzzed with activity. You had a strong impression of being at the center of something very exciting.

As I grew older, I came to feel more responsible for any hardship or trouble my career caused my family.

I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart.

I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.

Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think.

Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside.

As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.

The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters.

Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock.

Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today.

I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.

To some, the '50s were a decade marked by the banal, the predictable.

For me the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.

There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.

Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances.

Under current law volunteers who are not working with an official nonprofit organization are not covered by the Volunteer Protection Act. Therefore, there are absolutely no legal protections for the average American who wishes to volunteer.

There are those, I know, who will reply that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is. It is the American Dream.

The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are similar, although it's also got the horror element.

On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in forgoing its example in the treatment of its women and the organization of its family.

The generic Canadian style of illustration is different from the generic American style.

But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people.

And while the U.S. can never be 100 percent safe from a future strike, our government is working around the clock on measures to protect the American people.

All we're getting from the Democratic majority in Congress and from this White House is more bailouts, more spending, more planned stimulus, more deficits and debt, and the American people have had it.

Who cares about that stuff? This is America, not Jerusalem. I'm an American. Let Harry be a Jew.

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.

I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?