Jenna Bush Quotes
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When the Taiwan Relations Act passed in 1979, our biggest concern was preventing the use of military force against Taiwan. Little did we know that our friends on Taiwan could so effectively use the space created by our friendship to revolutionize their political system.
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When you're in your 20s, your 30s, even, you have - at least, I had - vast ambitions, and you sit around mooning about these things, and you're depressed, because you haven't done them. And it takes you a long time to come to the realization that if you can't be John Updike, well, then, you can't.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as much a political statement as a Rolls Royce radiator grille, one enshrining a machine aesthetic driven by a populist optimism, the other enshrining a hierarchical and exclusive social order.
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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.
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I want to be frozen on the hope that they'll find whatever I died of and bring me back.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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'Stay With Me,' for me, is my own personal anthem to the 'walk of shame...' that we've all gone through. It's the feeling after a one-night stand of not wanting that person to leave, even if you don't love them and don't even like them. It's about having that body next to you.
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Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.
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I think you need to be intentional at times about your leadership - where you're eating lunch, who you're interacting with, making guys feel like you're interested in what they're doing. If it's authentic, then it's going to be an easy conversation and easy hangout time.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.
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I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into those darker places to shine a light on that experience and come out with a story that validates the human spirit.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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I'm not sure the people who are voting for Trump want to be pulled together with the people who are voting for Clinton and vice versa.
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Cause when you're a Celebrity,It's adios reality.You can act just like a fool.People think you're coolJust cause you're on TV.I can throw major fitsWhen my latte isn't just how I like it.They say I've gone insane,I'll blame it on the fame,And the pressures that it goes withBeing a Celebrity.
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Building a home for neglected senior citizens is my long time dream.
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If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
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Success doesn't motivate me as much as integrity does. Everyone loses. I enjoy the pressure of showing up every single day, being focused, putting forth my best effort, getting the best out of my teammates, and enjoying the journey.
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Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big.
