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If I hadn't left Texas, I might not have met the director Terrence Malick, and

I wouldn't have met my husband and I wouldn't have had the children that I've had. Life is interesting like that. Sissy Spacek I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. John Lydon Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users' sentiments. Meg Whitman I like criticism. It makes you strong. LeBron James Not to be a Bible-thumper, but there really is nothing new under the sun. Meshell Ndegeocello And you've got to remember that I'm also the father of nine children. David Neeleman Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. William Eardley IV My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me. Michael Stuhlbarg The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations. Jamie Dimon There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection. ...

I think, through comedy, sometimes we're allowed to discuss things that you'd never be able

to talk about in a drama. Jason Reitman What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it. Anita Hill New technology is useful, but it's inefficient and ugly; it knows it'll be obsolete by lunchtime tomorrow, so it has no incentive to be anything else. Tom Holt The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage. Candice Swanepoel No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money. Adam Smith I just can't believe all the things I did that decade. Dick Schaap In art there are tears that lie too deep for thought. Louis Kronenberger Under each formula lies a corpse. Emile M. Cioran I was never really a comic-book fanatic. J. J. Abrams You can divide my life into two. Lord Mountbatten

Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while

teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us. Roald Dahl As we move toward a new Middle East, over the years and, I think, over the decades to come, we will make a lot of people very nervous. James Woolsey I've never directed before, so I need to make sure that people know that I can. The movie that I've written, 'The Sophisticates,' is a... small ensemble comedy and I hope it's charming and funny. Lena Headey I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them. Luke Bryan But no, I love acting, it's a wonderful job. Donald Sutherland I worked out early on to give up things I couldn't do well at all. Christopher Hitchens I'm like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road. Karl Lagerfeld I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth. Willie Nelson Not even Ares battles against necessity. Sophocles I believe in criticism. Paul Anka

Starting in '98 when I was researching 'Traffic,' I got to meet really serious people

in Washington, which for a screenwriter was kind of a great gift. And I really valued these guys; I stayed in touch with them, and I find their point-of-view quite interesting. Stephen Gaghan I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the time comes to look at it again. Donald E. Westlake The stage for our whole show is actually really interesting and a lot of fun. There's always something going on so we figure even the people who come up and don't know Big Time Rush love the show because there's always something going on, so that's what we love about it. Logan Henderson I am the oldest young designer in New York City. Michael Kors It's fun to get really intense and emotionally detailed and complicated. Laura San Giacomo Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out. Tim Rice When I think about greatness I just know Ayrton Senna. He was great. Lewis Hamilton I used to hate the sound of my voice. Carole Kin...

There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When

you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe. Jason Mraz A cockroach likely has no less brainpower than a butterfly, but we're quicker to deny it consciousness because it's a species we dislike. Jeffrey Kluger When you're working on a creative thing, everyone has an idea, and they're pushing it. The first time you work with anybody, you have to get comfortable with the way another person pushes hard for what they want. Edward Norton We never left a set until we'd trashed it. Uma Thurman But love's a malady without a cure. John Dryden I can turn on the radio right now and be inspired. Courtney Love It's just something that's sort of funny, sort of not. Max Cannon I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that. Rick Warren There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst...

I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive,

you're going to be the most optimistic person. Carlos Ghosn I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell, instead of putting it on our backs. Billy Crudup I used to climb mountains a lot; I decided to go to Pakistan to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain. I didn't get quite to the top. Greg Mortenson I watch my YouTube videos over and over. Meek Mill Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects. Christopher Eccleston You don't buy evil characters lattes. That's not normal behavior. Rob James-Collier You can trust Charlie Crist. Charlie Crist Episcopalians are pretty thin on the ground in the central United States. Charlaine Harris Computers do the calculating to allow people to transform the world. Conrad Wolfram Washington is unpredictable these days. Steve Wynn

The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn't believe in

God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls. James D. Watson I loved rollerskating when I was younger. Crystal Reed Blanket objection is not very reasonable to me - any effort to control scientific advances is doomed to fail. Joseph Murray I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me. M. Ward Be careful about the advice you give, especially to your children. Andrew Davies There are so many emoticons these days, I'm kind of old fashioned. Ashley Tisdale I would never say never to returning to comedy. Eric Bana Faith is more basic than language or theology. Sydney Carter Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. Bruce Lee My dad's supportive of all my endeavors. Georgia Jagger

I have to keep up with the scientific literature as part of my job, but

increasingly I found myself reading things that weren't really relevant to my academic work, but were relevant to gardening. Ken Thompson I'm very proud of what we've done with the State University and the City University. They're totally different institutions than they were when I took office. George Pataki For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed. Mary Lou Retton Well, my mother, I knew until I was 13. She died when I was 13. Harry Connick, Jr. It doesn't seem right for anybody to get so much attention. Aung San Suu Kyi I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me. Taylor Schilling I really believe that we're a studio-based band, and I have always thought that. Josh Silver The inherent corruption of man can often bring down the best system. Alexis Denisof Getting wasted is only OK when you're young enough to not know better. Sophia Bush If I don't off...

My daughter is a good, caring, compassionate person. To me that's the true meaning of

success, even though the marriages didn't work out. My success with my daughter is all that matters. Charlene Tilton I'm a terrible interviewer. I'm not a journalist - although I have a Peabody Award - and I'm not really a late-night host. What I am is honest. Craig Ferguson When we started there was this element of these experiments we were doing where we weren't really sure how the music would play out because the music was all on different players. Wayne Coyne A little mordida, here. A little mordida, there. Wolfman Jack I'm not too into fast food, but you know if I was, it would be chicken. Giancarlo Esposito Guys act strange around me. I swear I don't know why! Vanessa Hudgens Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say. Richard Whately At least I'm going into the job with clean hands. Pete Rozelle I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends. Paris Hi...

Mind you, Roman Holiday - which is kind of a romantic comedy - is one

of my favorite films, and I think Audrey Hepburn is absolutely phenomenal in that movie. Ellen Page I still get a lot of material but I find that as one gets older you get more fussy. You know you're going spend a year or a year and a half on this and you know there are only so many films in you so you get a little bit more selective. Norman Jewison I'd always avoided stuff like 'Where are they now?' or 'Whatever happened to?' Just 'No thanks, thanks for calling.' You tell me, have you ever seen a 'Whatever happened to' where they seemed anything but pathetic? Jackie Earle Haley Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died. Peter Ustinov I'm in control of my life, not anyone in Hollywood. Heath Ledger Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name. Harriet Ann Jacobs One man cannot practice many arts with success. Plato A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. ...

From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper,

everything we are and everything we have comes from one attribute of man - the function of his reasoning mind. Ayn Rand Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together. Laurence Sterne I've been married over 50 years of my life. T. Boone Pickens I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway. Anne McCaffrey I am happy to have played a match and break the rhythm of daily training. Kim Clijsters I do believe quite strongly in evil. Anthony Horowitz When I enjoy doing something, I don't mind if it hurts. Gina Carano He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation. James A. Garfield I have a dark sense of humor. Olivia Munn I can't live without my iPhone. Sara Paxton

My children have absolutely no interest in my fame. They're very sophisticated, and they have

a spiritual perspective on material things because we go to church. Val Kilmer As far as I'm concerned, the people who aren't paying taxes don't get to run around claiming that they built everything, that the built the roads and that they built the bridges and so forth. Rush Limbaugh I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected. Louise Brown I'm too much of a big kid. Iain Glen I am always locked in my design studio. Valentino Garavani You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive. Diana Vreeland My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight. Kate Smith The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy. Steve Coogan My writing is remarkably non-confessional; you actually learn very little about me. Michael Pollan I ...

Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world,

how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising. Raymond Carver From a child's point of view, there is rarely a great time for parents to separate, even if there has been a lot of commotion and fighting. Susie Orbach For some reason, and for a time such as this, God has given me favor with kings and princes. Michael W. Smith Visiting a museum is a matter of going from void to void. Robert Smithson I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount. Vidal Sassoon Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish. Ma Jian I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded. Rainn Wilson I really don't want to say goodbye to any of you people. Christa McAuliffe My goal is to spread ideas. Trends always start at the top. Homaro Cantu It's time to recognise the Armenian Genocide. Kim Kardashian

Believing we know what makes prosperity work, ignoring the nature of the actual prosperity all

around, we change the rules within which the Internet revolution lives. These changes will end the revolution. Lawrence Lessig I wish more people knew that the only one of the three main parties where not a single MP flipped from one property to the next, and not a single MP avoided capital-gains tax, where every single London MP did not claim a penny of second-home allowance, was the Liberal Democrats. Nick Clegg I do my best to hold the director's opinion above my own. Jeff Bridges You know, nothing is ever happily-ever-after. Ever. Charisma Carpenter I look forward to change, but there is a part of me that absolutely dreads it. Erica Durance In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine. Chris LeDoux My family is the most important thing to me. Kimora Lee Simmons Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride. Gary Allan New York and Los Angeles are really one city, and the rest of the country is America. Marshall Brickman I don...

I have a recurring role on 'Person of Interest,' which is my husband's show. I

play the love of his life. It was really fun to do that. Carrie Preston No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does. Christopher Morley For centuries, the arts and philanthropists have worked well together: look at the Tate family and the Courtaulds. If you've been fortunate enough to have some success in business, I think it's important to put something back. Lloyd Dorfman And, of course, supernatural elements just make a story more interesting. John Foster We rule out raising taxes this year. Luis de Guindos All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner. Red Skelton PAYE means pay as you earn but it could also mean Pretty Accurate Yet Estimated. John Whiting If you don't get on the field and play then you will be missing out. Michael Schenker Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. Jack London As parents we're not nearly as computer literate ...

There really isn't a dream role, but there's a dream situation where I could work

with a director that I idolize. So, the idea of working with David Fincher or Paul Thomas Anderson or Wes Anderson or Scorsese or Spielberg or any of the guys I really idolize is a dream for me. Logan Lerman If I can hit the ball the way I want to hit it on the range, I'd rather do that than play golf. I just love the feeling of hitting good golf shots. Vijay Singh I was just doing my job in the ring and doing my best to make people happy. Manny Pacquiao I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail. Oliver Reed The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process. William Devane You can't control everything that comes to you. Edward Norton There's a lot of power in executing data - generating data and executing data. Ken Thompson I don't look as handsome in Men in Black 2 as I did in the first one. Tony Shalhoub I didn't really get London until I read Dickens. Then I was charmed to death by it. Feist I can...

Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full

potential, is something that everyone can benefit from. Mandy Moore I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though. Kevin Bacon But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating. Linda McCartney We've lost 400,000 jobs in Michigan because of downsizing. Debbie Stabenow It's kind of fun to be sexy. Tea Leoni I was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people. William P. Young We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built. Larry Niven The team with the best players wins. Jack Welch There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground. Richard Pryor I don't see myself as a violent guy. Gene Hackman

At the point when continuity was interrupted by the first nuclear explosion, it would have

been too easy to recover the formal sediment which linked us with an age of poetic decorum, of a preoccupation with poetic sounds. Salvatore Quasimodo I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted. Janis Ian He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes. Albert Finney I expect we will become more demanding as citizens. Robert Anderson True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches. Ellen G. White 'Twin Peaks' is my favorite American TV show. Rebecca Hall Well, I grew up between Holland and Israel and then moved to France when I was eleven. Keren Ann Obviously, the ultimate dream is to be married for life. Peter Andre The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom - they are the pillars of society. Henrik Ibsen My sore throats are always worse than anyone's. Jane ...

I always date younger men. For some reason that's just the way it's gone, because

younger guys have always asked me out and I accept. Jennifer Coolidge But to be part of helping create a character and be a part of something from the beginning - the excitement of it - it doesn't get any better. Sarah Chalke I'm going to do a lot of weird stuff that's not going to be like me prancing around like an insane 12-year-old. I showed everybody that side of me and I think it's time to do different stuff, even when it comes down to the type of humor. I want to do some drier, weirder stuff. Andy Milonakis I started writing when I was about thirteen. Al Purdy I give Cronkite a whole lot of credit. Ben Bradlee I love meeting famous people. I'm even happy just looking at them. Joey McIntyre Honestly, I feel really grateful for everything. Shaun White The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian. B. H. Liddell Hart I wanted to be a doctor when I was little, so I'm okay with blood and guts. Jennifer Lawre...

I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done

some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali. Dick Schaap Now undoubtedly, we face some very British challenges when it comes to infrastructure. We rightly cherish our back yards and green spaces, and we'll defend them passionately when projects are announced. We live in a democracy, and we like to debate these things, often for many years. Evan Davis It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein. Raymond Queneau We are in desperate need of a well-done romantic lesbian comedy. Jill Bennett I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done. Lillie Langtry We must explain the truth: There is no free lunch. Grace Napolitano How many people out there really set a budget? Nelly My mother had a fear of doctors - other than her daughter marrying one. Shelley Berkley Economics is not brain surgery. Ben Carson Yeah, I don...

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I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for

me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to. Liz Phair In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.' Ted Yoho I desire an special interest in your prayers that my faith fail not in the day of adversity. John Hawley There was never a golden era of American radio as far as I can tell. Michael Stipe The world invited me many places. Leon Wieseltier I just like making people laugh. Isaiah Mustafa As an actor, to play someone who's at war with himself, that's so interesting. Hugo Weaving Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals. Peter R. Grant Some people don't even know my name, but they know I am the man with the red soles. Christian Louboutin Salvatore Fe...

I have not made any suggestions about climate change. This is more about blending or

shifting the conversation about the environment versus the economy. It's just such an old, outdated conversation. Jennifer Granholm Sometimes shooting on a smaller scale, as long as things don't blow out of proportion, is very liberating. Daniel Craig Because I'm so known as a meat-chef, when I talk about Meatless Monday some people look at me like I've lost my mind. I'm like, look, I'm not saying beef and pork is bad, I love it and I eat it six days a week. Michael Symon I think character is permanent, and issues are transient. James Stockdale It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister. Pauline Phillips I came from a town of maybe 30,000 people. Jim Caviezel The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone. Ricky Martin I'm pretty much honest to a fault. It's my best and my worst quality. Jennifer Westfeldt I loved Australia. I was very successful there. Todd B...

The monetary impacts of malaria from the household to the global level are significant.

 Malaria tends to strike during harvest season, rendering families too sick and too weak to perform the work necessary to earn a living. Malaria-stricken families spend an average of over a quarter of their income on malaria treatment. Tedros Adhanom It's not in the interest of most mapping companies to make those changes as they occur, but if you give the power to local people, you can be sure that you're always getting the best information from the folks that actually drive those roads every day. Noam Bardin We are all pleased when our names are pronounced and spelled correctly. Russell M. Nelson Music and dance is part of everything in New Orleans. So I grew up appreciating it all. Dawn Richard I get things out of my system through my songs, but, because they can be about so many different things, it takes me a while to get through them emotionally. Sharon Van Etten I like to think I've changed the centre of gravity on lots of national debates. Nigel Farage I was a membe...

Over my NFL career, I've had five head coaches who have helped me become better

at my craft and have helped me become a better human being: Jim Mora, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell, John Fox, Gary Kubiak.Peyton Manning There's all kinds of schisms in Satanism, but the thing I like about it is the quest for knowledge.Glenn Danzig I know my body's limits. I've never enjoyed Spin classes, where they're like, 'Push it further!' I'm like, 'No. If I pull something, I can't work tomorrow.' That's why I gave up Bikram yoga.Cobie Smulders I really am a full-blown Scorpio. Whenever I look things up about my sign, it's like, Check, check, check: thoughtful, detailed, moody, stubborn, prideful, emotional.Selah Louise Marley We always find a way to learn and to get better.Travis Kalanick I take a lot of personal pride and motivation to be able to make a difference in areas that may fall through the cracks in R&D across the industry.Vivek Ramaswamy Asa Briggs was a historian of class history, so he felt obligated t...

Money is tighter now, with the advertising dollar spread a lot more thinly across a

whole range of media because of the Internet. It means the television networks have less power to produce shows, and TV is where most Australian actors make their money. Grant Bowler I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue. Lana Del Rey I remember nearly having a fit of the giggles during the reading because dear Daniel was SO respectful and serious and I was finding the whole situation funny because I was speaking to his profile. Madeleine Stowe All over the land are vast and handsome pastures, with good grass for cattle, and it strikes me the soil would be very fertile were the country inhabited and improved by reasonable people. Alvar N. C. de Vaca Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to spea...

If most people were to take a moment to picture in their minds the average,

not-for-profit, save-the-world girl, they... well, they probably wouldn't, because who wants to think about hemp, hairy legs, and Birkenstocks? But I'd rather eat a pair of Birkenstocks than put them on my feet, and I love, love, love my Christian Louboutins. Nancy Lublin Every morning when I woke up, my mother was already in the kitchen making breakfast. It was always the same: steamed rice, pickled vegetables, grilled fish and miso soup. Each day there was something different in the soup such as tofu or potatoes. Nobu Matsuhisa My son was born during my last semester in college. His due date was Thanksgiving, but he didn't show up until finals week. I brought my books to the hospital and didn't think anything of it. That is what a father is supposed to do. LZ Granderson Unless it's a dead-straight short putt, you should focus on a spot somewhere along the line you want to roll the ball on. Ernie Els Ukippers are the kinds of fools who haven't notic...

People come up to me and say, 'It's too bad the space program got canceled.'

This is not the case, and yet that is what most of the public thinks has happened. Buzz Aldrin I used to spend countless days in my teenage years keeping scorecards, playing cricket and just enjoying myself with friends and having the occasional shandy in the bar. Steffan Rhodri I am happy that I'm a better novelist than a screenwriter. Graeme Simsion I believe you should help people. Gerry Harvey I watch a lot of football. Paolo Sorrentino The mind as well as the body must be not only strong but well disciplined in order to act with promptness and vigor in new and untried situations. It is hard to turn men's minds from the old and deeply worn channels in which they have long been flowing. Benjamin Robbins Curtis In Japan, a company worker's position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement. W. Edwards Deming Chris Rock is a good friend of mine, and he is hysterical. Kid Rock

I've always been more of a nerdy, academic type. I loved 'Star Wars' growing up.

I have three older brothers, so they were a big influence on me. We loved 'Danger Mouse,' and we love 'Monty Python'. We loved any kind of British comedy and 'Wallace and Gromit' and all of that stuff. Mara Wilson Crimes of the century differ from the garden variety of murders. They involve wealth, celebrity and powerful attorneys, and live on for decades after the verdict has been rendered. Armand Deutsch The thing about interviews is that if someone interviews you, and they're an idiot, then they make you sound like an idiot, too. They ask you stupid questions, and they bring you down to their level. It's tempting to not ever want to talk to anybody, but you can't do that. Dean Wareham For me, moving is always a big opportunity. It's just a enough of a shift in outlook that every time I move, it seems to open something up. John Darnielle For me as a person, friendships are incredibly important to me, but in writing, they can distrac...

I had a blast writing the Ranger in 'The Great Dinosaur Rush' for the Moonstone

collection. The story turned out to be twice as long as it was supposed to be, but I was having fun. I even showed the Ranger in his 'old prospector' disguise, and I had some nice exchanges between the Ranger and Tonto. Mel Odom One of the nice things about a second book is that your readers already have so much of the introductions on board, they don't have to put all their attention into figuring out the world and can more easily let that play out as a background to the other things you want to do. Ann Leckie I never cared about money because I never needed money, you know what I mean? When I was 12 to 17 I never saw any of the money, so the money never motivated me. Ricky Schroder I have friends of mine that are actors or singers, and they're the classic guys where, they're onstage, and they're like, 'Okay, the blonde in the third row, seat 24, bring her to my dressing room.' I've never, never taken advantage of that, I swear to God. Jai...

We Americans love original ideas. But truly, there are already plenty of good ones out

there, ours for the taking. If I were too proud to copy the ideas of others, I likely wouldn't have even a fraction of my current success. Mohnish Pabrai The organized workers of America, free in their industrial life, conscious partners in production, secure in their homes and enjoying a decent standard of living, will prove the finest bulwark against the intrusion of alien doctrines of government. John L. Lewis Well... I had braces and I had to wear headgear! I loved my braces, actually. For me, they were like a piece of jewelry! Instead of the silver or pewter I had gold braces. It was so much fun, I loved them. I got to change the colors and stuff and I had the rubber bands. Jordin Sparks The animators are absolutely extraordinary. It's mind-boggling. Helena Bonham Carter I've been so good in so many movies that nobody saw. Joe Pantoliano Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big. Jenna Bush So much emotion goes into writing...