I remember when Nelson Mandela made his first visit to Atlanta and came by the center. She made sure that not just the celebrities were able to be in his presence, but she made certain that all staff had a chance to shake hands with and meet him.

The only thing they want to accomplish is more building. They need to decide if they are helping or harming the environment.

We're all shocked and overcome with a great feeling of sadness.

Those of us who worked with her thought that she was very gracious with her physical self, very gracious with the public. That included in airports, on sidewalks and in restaurants.

I've done handwork since I was three years old, when Mom started me embroidering.

He followed in her footsteps, I think.

This kind of work takes too much time. Mine's all needlework.

Certainly, we've taken a lot of measures and we've made a lot of progress, but it is going to be really hard to say how much is enough. We're not at the end of it, we're at the start of it.

Death is inevitable, and, after about the age of 75 or so, you begin to care about people in a certain way. We have all loved Mrs. King in that very special way these last few years. It's just a very tearful right now.