Laura Bush Quotes
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business, and I still have stuff to do at their house.
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I have spent a lot of time listening to people who are serving life sentences and getting to know them and the circumstances of their lives. I have never met anyone serving a long prison sentence who had anything close to what I could call a childhood; instead, the upbringings always - always - involve extreme situations of poverty and abuse.
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The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.
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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us.
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It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.
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Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.
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Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting.
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Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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Leather accents on pieces make it fun and spices up an outfit.
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I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.
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It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors to do Chinese films.
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To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
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Every glass thermometer has subtle variations in the size and shape of the bulb at the bottom and the capillary tube inside, as well as variations in the width of gradations on the side. The compounded effect of these uncertainties is that each thermometer reads temperature slightly differently.
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If you hate the Jewish people, you are not reflecting the teachings of Christ.
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When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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Republicans use think tanks to come up with a lot of their messages. The think tanks are the single worst, most undisciplined example of communication I've ever seen.
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Before I paint someone, I always ask, 'How much examination can your body take?' 'How much do you want me to see?'
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Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.
