Barbara Bush Quotes
Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
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I have a pretty good knowledge of the Indian world by virtue of living on several different reservations and being exposed to several different cultures and languages.
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Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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What we have done, the result of that comes to us whenever it comes, either today, tomorrow, hundred years later, hundred lives later, whatever, whatever. And so, it's our own karma. That is why that philosophy in every religion: Killing is sin. Killing is sin in every religion.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
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I need one psychological expert to help me concentrate.
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Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
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If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions.
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Man knows so much and does so little.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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The notion of 'reduce and refine' is one I've pursued. I truly believe that by making things less complex, by finding innovative ways to make sustainability affordable, we can advance the notion that it is possible.
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I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on visuals instead of just saying, 'Hey I wanted to film it in Mississippi.' It would seem like it was a hometown boy just wanting to be home.
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There are no ugly ducklings.
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I have to have a little bit of time to myself right before whatever it is that I have to do because most of the time I'm sitting in my head convincing myself to calm down, all right, show down.
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There are examples of fraternal dictatorships, or one, anyway: the passing of power from Fidel to Raul Castro.
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I like to check out of reality for a little bit when I listen to music and kind of go somewhere, so I feel like the more broken-down acoustic songs tell stories to me the best.
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Arrogance occurs in people who have achieved something and believe that they independently caused their own success with no assistance, support, or input from others.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
