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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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We seek for truth in ourselves; in our neighbours, and in its essential nature. We find it first in ourselves by severe self scrutiny, then in our neighbours by compassionate indulgence, and, finally, in its essential nature by that direct vision which belongs to the pure in heart.
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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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Ladylike is the beastliest word there is, I think. If a girl isn't a lady, it isn't worth while to be only like one, she'd better let it alone and be a free and happy bounder.
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Jade and men are both shaped by harsh tools; be not unaware of sudden changes of fortune.
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Electronic medical records are, in a lot of ways, I think the aspect of technology that is going to revolutionize the way we deliver care. And it's not just that we will be able to collect information, it's that everyone involved in the healthcare enterprise will be able to use that information more effectively.
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I don't really have any plans in terms of what I want to do - movies, television, theater - but I'd love to do a play in New York.
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Music is in everything I do.
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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.
