Jenna Bush Quotes
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, you put things to the side, and I'm able to see her, and she's able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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We do not have the idea that all children are valuable parts of society. We only have the idea that our own children are.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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We human beings are humane in part because we can look beyond our biology.
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If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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I have always been small, so defenders have always been taller and tougher than me. So that's difficult for me; they foul me sometimes, but there you are - that's what the rules of the game are for.
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I want to be judged by who I am, not by a relationship.
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Some things have to be believed to be seen.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
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I feel perfectly willing to stay my threescore years and ten, if it be thought I need so much tuition from this planet; but it seems to me that my future upon earth will soon close. It may be terribly trying, but it will not be so very long, now. God will transplant the root, if he wills to rear it into fruit-bearing.
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I grew up in Germany for a little while, and all my German friends said that Seattle, weather and energy-wise, is a lot like West Germany. It's true.
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I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.
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I write and do all my arrangements on my Mac. And um, I use Logic Pro, which is a great software program.
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Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system.
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A lot of my colleagues at school became great friends of mine.
