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ANNE FAGAN NIVEN Our goal is to identify biomarkers, to be able to diagnose people early in the disease stage, hopefu... ANNE FAGAN NIVEN In deference to American traditions, my family put our oven to rare use at Thanksgiving during my ch... JENNIFER LEE As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was... JENNIFER GRANHOLM Most of us fall in love with someone's persona and spend the next three to five years discoverin... JENNIFER ANISTON Social media reactions to celebrity death have taken on a predictable pattern: an outpouring of shoc... JENNIFER ARMINTROUT You know, I've got wrinkles on my forehead and smile lines, but what's wrong with that? I lo... JENNIFER ANISTON Don't rely on men but don't shun them either. JENNIFER ANISTON There is nothing you can control about love. JENNIFER ANISTON I am trying to think of the last time that I just said, 'What the hell!' and did something c... JENNIFER ANISTON Art is so subjective, and people can react however they want. JENNIFER ANISTON I realised it was only me who was stopping myself from living my life. JENNIFER ANISTON I want to see friends more and travel more. JENNIFER ANISTON Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do. JENNIFER ANISTON When somebody follows you 20 blocks to the pharmacy, where they watch you buy toilet paper, you know... JENNIFER ANISTON You know when I feel inwardly beautiful? When I am with my girlfriends and we are having a 'godd... JENNIFER ANISTON Free love never works. JENNIFER ANISTON It gets so boring you know just to do the same thing over and over again. JENNIFER ANISTON I spent my first paycheck on a vintage Mercedes. JENNIFER ANISTON Oh, it's not really gambling when you never lose. JENNIFER ANISTON The fun stuff comes when someone is not so strict on sticking to the script. You're allowed the ... JENNIFER ANISTON Life can be dramatic and funny all in the same day. JENNIFER ANISTON I always say don't make plans, make options. JENNIFER ANISTON Let me say that the path I did take for a brief period of my life was not of reckless drug use, hurt... JENNIFER CAPRIATI When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities. JENNIFER PAHLKA The internet to me is kind of like a black hole, and I never really go on it. JENNIFER LAWRENCE