Laura Bush Quotes
The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.

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My favorite book is 'Go Away Big Green Monster.' I wrote it for my granddaughter Adrian, who was in the third grade at the time.
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Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to 'SNL' was his 'Best Of' VHS, and I would watch it over and over again. He was one of the few people on the show to play with the live elements and engage with the audience.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources.
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Sticking with your vision and what you believe in is so, so important.
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I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.
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There's more to me, you know? I'm not Macaulay Culkin, 'Home Alone' kid. I'm Macaulay Culkin... actor.
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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When I first came to the Bay area, I worked in Silicon Valley in the early to mid-'90s, and I think what mattered then was our ability as designers to create a vision around people's ideas.
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Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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We did a play of 'Frog and Toad' at my elementary school. And I'm not sure if this is part of the book or it was something that we made up on our own, but I auditioned to play the black hole, which somehow makes sense to me.
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Honestly, with me, as long as I have a park to play basketball in, I'm pretty cool.
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As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.
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It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential.
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It's impossible that we're alone in the universe. Every time we think we're more special than others, we're proven wrong.
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Some people say hybrid vehicles such as the Prius are only a bridge to the future ... but we think it could be a long bridge and a very sturdy one. There are many more gains we can achieve with hybrids.
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The only place you belong is the place you can never go back. And so yer always alone, forever and always.
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A very good career choice would be to gravitate toward those activities and to embrace those desires that harmonize with your core intentions, which are freedom and growth - and joy. Make a 'career' of living a happy life rather than trying to find work that will produce enough income that you can do things with your money that will then make you happy. When feeling happy is of paramount importance to you - and what you do 'for a living' makes you happy - you have found the best of all combinations.
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When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don't care.
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That I exist is a perpetual surprise which is life.
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Who can really distinguish between the sea and what's reflected in it? Or tell the difference between the falling rain and loneliness?
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The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.