“If you chasing popularity, you're chasing a moment, you're chasing a puff of air.”

— George W. Bush

Interview with Matt Lauer http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-news/40073863#40074095 (2010), aired 8 November 2010. <br class="br">2010s, 2010, Interview with Matt Lauer (November 2010)

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