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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Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.
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A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
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She didn’t know which she liked less, having people tell lies about her or having people know the truth.
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I think for a lot of people, bowling is sort of a joke. But I love it, and it means a lot to me, so any chance to help promote it or celebrate it or not make the hackiest jokes - 'Bowlers are like plumbers and they wear the craziest shirts!' - I'm way into.
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Specifically, the part where in the early 19th century America reconstituted the U.S. Marine Corps to battle the Islamic Barbary Pirates, though I don't think that's what Obama meant.
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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.
