Barbara Bush Quotes

The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.

Barbara Bush

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: first
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 8, 1925 - April 17, 2018

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When I became CEO, I just didn't think about my age too much. I'm sure many people did think that my age mattered, but I didn't. That was probably because of my age.

Jochen Zeitz

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If anything, there is something quite musical in Shakespeare's heightened use of language and the way he shapes his speech.

Jessie Buckley

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For a long time after childhood ended and before I expressed my femininity through androgyny, I really didn't like looking in the mirror much because I just felt like I wasn't attractive.

Andreja Pejic

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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus' death and resurrection.

John Ortberg

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I'm not a Method actor. I don't believe acting should be psychodrama. I look within myself and see what I can find to play the role with. If I'm playing a blind man, I don't go around blindfolded for days. A lot of good actors would, but I don't go in for that very much. I like to just make it up as I go along.

John Malkovich

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President Obama thinks he can use emotion to bring pressure on Congress. But that's not how adults with power respond to things.

Maureen Dowd

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When I see the cultural diversity that exists today, I feel that we must defend it, and we need Europe, because otherwise we are going to live in a society with a single model, the Anglo-American model.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

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My only rule about a joke is that it should be funny.

Ann Coulter

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I love being around kids. I couldn't figure out why all these 70-year-olds wanted to hang out with me when I was 27. Now I understand, and I'm trying to steal their energy from them like they stole from me at the time.

Stanley Druckenmiller

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In every movie, there's always some physical thing that triggers the character for me. In 'The Long Walk Home,' it was the girdle. Every time I'd put that girdle on, I'd feel my character wiggle to life.

Sissy Spacek

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I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.

Miranda Richardson

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I feel like we're in a place as a society where it feels like the problems that exist need to be talked about. And this generation isn't afraid to talk about them, which is exciting, and I think it's important.

Jason Ralph

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