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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I'm a believer in home-made recipes and concoctions, so I stick to natural or herbal products as much as I can. I also meditate regularly to de-stress.
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As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.
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It was an unknown thing, a lot of people had very bad trips and I like to be in control.
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I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day.
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Since I turned 50, I've had the best year of my life and I now throw as much effort into the social side of my life as I do work - more so now than ever before.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
