You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
BARBARA BUSHIt was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.
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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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Your success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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I’m tired now of the elections.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.
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