Jenna Hager Quotes

• You have to give kids things they’re interested in reading. That’s what teachers do who are engaged in what their students want.

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• When you grow up as the daughters of George and Laura Bush, you develop a special appreciation for how blessed we are to live in this great country.

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• The world is such a big place, and there’s so much that goes on, but a lot of the media really just cover the same thing over and over again.

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• People ask me if I ever see my father and I say yes, because he puts in the effort. He calls all the time to tell us he’s proud of us.

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• Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big.

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• One day I would love to have a couple children.

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• My sister, she’s amazing. She sort of inspired me to take this journey to Latin America.

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• My parents taught us it’s important to give back.

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• My mom’s a secret Rastafarian.

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• My first cat was named Cowboy, after the Dallas Cowboys.

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• My dad saw my husband’s boss at a conference, and he said to stop paying my husband until we produce children.

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• Luckily I’ve had a lot of great friends that I’ve had for a long time.

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• Kids are so dynamic; if you’re tired and you walk into a roomful of kids, your energy is brought up to their level.

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• It’s not like he called me up and asked me. They’ve never wanted to throw us into that world, and I think our decision probably shocked them. But I love my dad, and I think I’d regret it if I didn’t do this.

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• I’m sure there were times when I wish I had thought, ‘Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad,’ but our parents didn’t raise us to think about them. They’re very selfless and they wanted us to have as normal of a college life as possible. So really, we didn’t think of any repercussions.

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• I’m pretty normal.

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• I’m not the perfect bride after all.

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• I’m more like my father, personality-wise. But my mom and I get alone really well – obviously, because my mom and my dad get along so well.

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• I’m just not political. I have opinions, but there’s nothing about the process that has ever interested me. I’m 22, and this is the first interview I’ve ever done in my life.

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• I’m aware that not all kids can pick up and fly to Panama. I’m very lucky.

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Jenna Hager (42)

Birth:	25th November, 1981
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Journalist, Teacher

About

Jenna Bush Hager was born in Dallas, Texas, USA. She is an American teacher, author and journalist. She is the younger of the fraternal twin daughters of the 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush. She is an editor-at-large for Southern Living magazine and correspondent for NBC News. She is also a contributor and a substitute anchor on NBC Nightly News. She earned a BA degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004. She worked at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School for a year and a half as a teacher's aide. She currently works as a part-time reading coordinator at the SEED Public Charter School in Baltimore, Maryland, and contributes a monthly news story about education for the Today show. She is the author of book, entitled Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope. She married to Henry Chase Hager in 2008. They have two daughters.

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