Barbara Bush Quotes
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During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes.
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I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it, and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work, but it ain't easy.
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If the television market collapses - and it will collapse - then, it seems, there is too much regulation, and that's not a good thing.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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I'm regularly speaking at London Business School and Harvard Business School. They're the next generation of leaders in the fashion industry.
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I don't think I am evangelical in my work.
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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Like some of my other movies, 'Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes' is also a very political film, and many critics still consider it even the best of all the Apes movies, because it conveys a series of political viewpoints.
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I think any branding for me is band-related. It's really weird to get used to the exposure, because I am a naturally introverted person, and I'm not exactly social. Occasionally I can get comfortable enough to talk, but I spend a lot of my days not talking, especially when I'm at home and not on tour.
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How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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I'm superstitious... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious.
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Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.
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If you stop one terror attack in the U.S., it may be connected to multiple other plots out there that are connected. If you reveal that you stopped one plot, it may tip our hand.
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You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.
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Before the 20th century, the ulcer was not a respectable disease. Doctors would say, 'You're under a lot of stress.' Nineteenth-century Europe and America had all these crazy health spas and quack treatments.
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I'm not looking to go out there and make a rhythmic Timbaland track.
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It's important to study and understand your responsibilities within any profession, but it's particularly important for military officers to read, think, discuss, and write about the problem of war and warfare so they can understand not just the changes in the character of warfare but also the continuities.
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If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up to their pretensions, let them abandon the academy and go out there and work politically and economically and in a humanitarian spirit.
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When you have this many losses, you don't have a following.
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Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.
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Pete Wilson deregulated energy as a pay out to Enron, and we blamed Gray Davis.
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When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
