Barbara Bush Quotes
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In those years of the Fifties, in London and New York, I lived, without knowing it, in a time when the profoundest changes were happening: when a radical alteration was getting ready to happen in the way a society saw young girls. And, as a consequence, in the way they saw themselves.
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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I wish it were not a sin to have liked it so.
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Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.
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There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
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There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.
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I think the best thing I can hope to achieve is to educate, or make aware, as many people as possible on how the little things they do every day really do affect our environment, and how easy it is to fix some of those things.
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I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.
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I don't really go out at all.
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I'm not the most technical producer, so the weird mixes and blown-out sound happen naturally.
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I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody.
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As long as people have been making little people, they've wanted to know how not to.
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Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.
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Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things.
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All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public funding for abortion. We are both saying the same thing, pro-life, pro-choice. Let's find the language that works for both of us so we can pass health care.
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3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you.
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It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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I want to work on things that aren't self-evident, to propose things that are radically different and game-changing.
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I'm never happy with what I've written. You imagine, before you start, there's a cathedral, and the moment it starts on the page, it's a garden shed. And then you just try to make it the best shed you can.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
